No arguments for destructive changes in sf project deploy validate command

[shabu74]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
sf project deploy validate command has argument to specify manifest for constructive deployment only

What are you trying to do
I need to validate destructive deployment also like sf deploy start command

Describe the solution you'd like
manifest arguments for destructive deployment also need to be included in the command eg: ---pre-destructive-changes and --post-destructive-changes

Describe alternatives you've considered
sf deploy start command

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[git2gus]

This issue has been linked to a new work item: W-13640624

[WillieRuemmele]

Hi @shabu74 - these new flags have been released in @salesforce/cli 2.0.2

[shabu74]

Thanks. But I think documentation has not been updated, Would you please specify the argument name

[shabu74]

Hi @WillieRuemmele,

No, I have installed latest SF CLI. But still getting error:

{
"code": 1,
"context": "DeployMetadataValidate",
"commandName": "DeployMetadataValidate",
"message": "Nonexistent flag: --post-destructive-changes
See more help with --help",
"name": "Error",
"status": 1,
"stack": "Error: Nonexistent flag: --post-destructive-changes
See more help with --help
at validateArgs (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/parser/validate.js:9:19)
at validate (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/parser/validate.js:157:5)
at Object.parse (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/parser/index.js:19:35)
at async DeployMetadataValidate.parse (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/command.js:221:25)
at async Promise.all (index 0)
at async DeployMetadataValidate.run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@salesforce/plugin-deploy-retrieve/lib/commands/project/deploy/validate.js:29:34)
at async DeployMetadataValidate._run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/command.js:117:22)
at async Config.runCommand (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/config/config.js:329:25)
at async run (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@salesforce/cli/node_modules/@oclif/core/lib/main.js:89:16)",
"exitCode": 1,
"warnings": []
}

[shabu74]

More over, test level can not be specified with No test Run. Then How can we validate non-apex components? @WillieRuemmele

[dudunato]

@shabu74 were you able to get this working? The flag is in the docs but it gives Nonexistent flag. Quite annoying...

[dudunato]

Any insight, @WillieRuemmele?

[dudunato]

@WillieRuemmele would you know any workaround. I need to validate and grab the jobId. So we can run quick deploy afterwards. So --dry-run on deploy start doesn't really work for me here. :/

[WillieRuemmele]

Hi @dudunato - are you still seeing this on the latest version of the CLI?

I'm using @salesforce/cli/2.17.6 darwin-arm64 node-v18.15.0
and see the flags and confirmed they're working

sf project deploy validate --help                   
Validate a metadata deployment without actually executing it.
...

DELETE FLAGS
  --post-destructive-changes=<value>  File path for a manifest (destructiveChangesPost.xml) of components to delete after the deploy.
  --pre-destructive-changes=<value>   File path for a manifest (destructiveChangesPre.xml) of components to delete before the deploy
  --purge-on-delete                   Specify that deleted components in the destructive changes manifest file are immediately eligible for deletion
                                      rather than being stored in the Recycle Bin.

 ➜  sf project deploy validate --pre-destructive-changes destructiveChangesPre.xml --manifest package.xml 
Validating Deployment of v59.0 metadata to [email protected] using the v59.0 REST API.

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