new pkglist command

reference/commands.rst

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ and these :ref:`custom command examples <examples_extensions_custom_commands>`
    commands/install
    commands/list
    commands/lock
+   commands/pkglist
    commands/profile
    commands/remove
    commands/remote
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ and these :ref:`custom command examples <examples_extensions_custom_commands>`
 - :doc:`conan install <commands/install>`: Install dependencies
 - :doc:`conan list <commands/list>`: List recipes, revisions and packages in the local cache or in remotes
 - :doc:`conan lock <commands/lock>`: Create and manage lockfiles
+- :doc:`conan pkglist <commands/pkglist>`: Manipulate package lists, merge them or find packages in remotes.
 - :doc:`conan profile <commands/profile>`: Display and manage profile files
 - :doc:`conan remove <commands/remove>`: Remove packages from the local cache or from remotes
 - :doc:`conan remote <commands/remote>`: Add, remove, login/logout and manage remote server

reference/commands/pkglist.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+.. _reference_commands_pkglist:
+
+conan pkglist
+=============
+
+.. include:: ../../common/experimental_warning.inc
+
+
+Perform different operations over package lists:
+
+- Merge multiple package lists (deep merge) into a single one: ``conan pkglist merge``
+- Find in which remotes packages from the cache can be found: ``conan pkglist find-remote``
+
+
+conan pkglist merge
+--------------------
+
+.. autocommand::
+    :command: conan pkglist merge -h
+
+The ``conan pkglist merge`` command can merge multiple package lists into a single one:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    $ conan pkglist merge --list=list1.json --list=list2.json --format=json > result.json
+
+
+The merge will be a deep merge, different versions can be added, and within versions multiple
+revisions can be added, and for every recipe revision multiple package_ids can be also accumulated.
+
+
+conan pkglist find-remote
+-------------------------
+
+.. autocommand::
+    :command: conan pkglist find-remote -h
+
+
+The ``conan pkglist find-remote`` command will take a package list of packages in the cache 
+(key ``"Local Cache"``) and look for them in the defined remotes. For every exact occurence in a remote
+matching the recipe, version, recipe-revision, etc, an entry in the resulting "package lists"
+will be added for that specific remote.