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Overwrite App when deploying using github action

dubois_david — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 20:21:52 GMT

I have written a github action to try to deploy our custom app when changes are made. When doing so I am being asked to choose whether I want to overwrite the existing app or not. Since this is automation I do not want to have this question pop up but instead wish it to automatically overwrite.

Is there a way to do this?

Re: Overwrite App when deploying using github action

dubois_david — Tue, 07 Jan 2025 20:40:08 GMT

I determined if I use the command Run npx dt-app deploy --force-overwrite instead of npm run deploy the overwrite works.

Re: Overwrite App when deploying using github action

christian_kreuz — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 12:55:19 GMT

When trying to add parameters to "npm run", you have to do say via adding an additional "--" in between, e.g.:

npm run deploy -- --force-overwrite

See https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-run-script for details.

Alternatively, as you also mentioned in your comment bellow, you can use "dt-app deploy --force-overwrite".

Re: Overwrite App when deploying using github action

haris — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 14:13:37 GMT

Starting with 0.138.0, dt-app overwrites previously deployed apps by default without the need to provide cli parameter --force-overwrite. In fact dt-app now displays a warning if you try to use the --force-overwrite flag:

 
 
Warning ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  The --force-overwrite flag is deprecated. Apps, deployed by other users, are now overwritten by default
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