sfdx-patches

temporary patches for basic sfdx commands (salesforce-alm)

For now the basic sfdx commands (sfdx force:*) are mostly available only in a read-only repository (salesforce-alm).
The objective of sfdx-patches is to inofficially serve some patches until sfdx is fully open source and Pull Requests can be submitted.

Installation

sfdx plugins:install sfdx-patches

Features

This plugin currently provides patches for the following basic commands:

• sfdx package:install
• sfdx mdapi:deploy

package:install

added flags

• --automapprofiles: automatically map profiles based on their name

Usage: sfdx patchedinstall --automapprofiles

Thanks to David Reed and Jeff for providing the inspiration for this solution:

• https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/336066/sfdx-or-api-call-to-install-package-using-profile-mapping/336067#336067
• https://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/237824/how-do-i-specify-profile-mappings-on-a-packageinstallrequest

mdapi:deploy

added flags

• --purgeondelete: don’t store deleted components in the recycle bin

Usage: sfdx patcheddeploy --purgeondelete