niwa explain

The model, printed for one resource: declared, actual, acknowledged, and its history

niwa explain <TARGET>

Arguments

Argument	Meaning
`<TARGET>`	An identity or a unique fragment of one, for example dock.autohide or brew.formula:jq

-v, --verbose and --debug are global and this verb takes them too. The global flags table lists them.

Code	When
`0`	The target resolved
`1`	Nothing matched the target

The screen below is a snapshot the tool wrote, reproduced byte for byte.

defaults com.apple.dock autohide
declared     true    modules/desktop.luau:2
actual       false
acknowledged never applied here

niwa explain dock.autohide · tests/snapshots/snapshots__the_explain_screen_prints_the_model_for_one_resource.snap

Declared, actual, acknowledged — teach the three states and the four comparisons they produce
niwa check — the next verb in this group