Workaround · API & developer experience · Blocks work
Salesforce edits require brittle scripts for local code review
1 source thread · first seen 2023-11
Summary
A team exported direct Salesforce edits with the CLI, then used scripts to normalize namespaces for local diffs and PRs. The scripts were buggy, making the workflow painful.
- Affects
- Salesforce developers
- Workaround
- Export with the Salesforce CLI and use scripts to normalize namespaces and prefixes before review or deployment.
Evidence
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“run some rather buggy scripts that would change the object namespaces/prefixes to a generic prefix”