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platform-manifest-generate

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Use to generate a package.xml (and optionally destructiveChanges.xml / Pre / Post) from a source dir, a component list, or org introspection. Trigger on 'generate a package.xml from this folder', 'create a manifest for these classes', 'I need a deploy manifest', or 'destructiveChanges.xml for deletions'. Encodes wildcard-vs-explicit-member rules per metadata type. DO NOT TRIGGER to deploy (platform-metadata-deploy), delete (platform-destructive-deploy), or retrieve (platform-metadata-retrieve).

When to use

• Building a package.xml from a source directory
• Building a manifest from an explicit list of components
• Building a manifest by introspecting an org
• Producing destructiveChanges.xml for deletions
• Producing destructiveChangesPre.xml
• Producing destructiveChangesPost.xml
• Producing both a package.xml and a destructive manifest

When not to use

• Running the deploy itself
• Validating before a prod release
• Executing the destructive deploy
• Retrieving metadata to local

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