CI/CD Config Home

• package.xml
  • Overwrite Management
  • Delta deployments
• destructiveChanges.xml
• Automated sources cleaning
• Source retrieve issues
• All configuration properties

package.xml

A Salesforce CI/CD repository contains a file manifest/package.xml.

• It contains all metadatas that will be deployed by the CI server.

• It is automatically updated when preparing merge requests by command hardis:work:save

Overwrite Management

• It is highly recommended to configure overwrite management, to avoid to overwrite metadatas that are maintained directly in production on purpose

  • Dashboards
  • Reports
  • Remote site settings
  • Named credentials
  • ...

  See Overwrite management configuration documentation

Delta deployments

• You can also use delta deployments if your project is big and you have performances issues.

Source retrieve issues

Handle cases when force:source:pull does not retrieve every updated source.

See how to force the retrieve of named sources

destructiveChanges.xml

A Salesforce CI/CD repository contains a file manifest/destructiveChanges.xml.

• It contains all metadatas that will be deleted by the CI server.

• It is automatically updated when preparing merge requests by command hardis:work:save

Automated sources cleaning

You can configure automated cleaning of sources before creating merge requests, using command hardis:work:save

Those cleanings can be:

• Deletion of sources existing in destructiveChanges.xml
• Remove from Profiles elements that are existing in Permission Sets, like Objects access configuration.

• etc ...

  See Overwrite cleaning configuration documentation

All configuration properties

.sfdx-hardis.yml allows to make your project highly configuration. Have a look at its list of configuration properties !