Release Notes
September 2021 – released Sitecore CLI 4.0.0
Highlights
Sitecore CLI 4.0.0 includes:
- Sitecore CLI now supports the serialization of Sitecore roles for a given domain and role name pattern defined within a
Module.jsonfile. - Sitecore CLI now supports excluding fields from the serialization process that are defined in the
Sitecore.jsonandModule.jsonfiles. - A new ResourcePacking plugin is available for the Sitecore CLI that allows you to create Item as Resource files based on items created with the Sitecore CLI/SVS or Unicorn.
- The Publishing plugin now supports specifying publishing targets with a
--ptor--targetsoptional subcommand. - A new Indexing plugin is available for the Sitecore CLI that supports Solr managed schema population, the rebuilding, of indexes, and the retrieval of index statistics.
New features/improvements
| Description | ADO no. |
|---|---|
Sitecore CLI now supports the serialization of Sitecore roles for a given domain and role name pattern defined within a Module.json file. |
476344 |
Sitecore CLI now supports excluding fields from the serialization process that are defined in the Sitecore.json and Module.json files. |
444575 |
| Sitecore CLI now includes support for plugin developers to listen for serialization notification events. | 459725 |
| A new ResourcePacking plugin is available for the Sitecore CLI that allows you to create Item as Resource files based on items created with the Sitecore CLI/SVS or Unicorn. | 459726 |
The Publishing plugin now supports specifying publishing targets with a --pt or --targets optional subcommand. |
460754 |
| A new Indexing plugin is available for the Sitecore CLI that supports Solr managed schema population, the rebuilding, of indexes, and the retrieval of index statistics. | 466688 |
| When you use Device Code Flow mode for authentication, the auth URL is output to the command window for improved usability. | 476201 |
| The Sitecore serialization watch command now supports monitoring and synchronization of Sitecore roles. | 483793 |
Resolved issues
The following issues have been fixed:
| Description | ADO no. |
|---|---|
| The Sitecore Managed Services package references are not consistent for every download and installation type. | 494656 |
| The Sitecore CLI throws an error when refactoring content and removing a path from Module.json files. | 493898 |
| The Sitecore CLI does not support the use of closing slashes in a serialization item include path. | 422478 |
| Sitecore serialized item cache is not cleared completely after overwriting/removing items. | 470893 |
| Sitecore CLI doesn't delete non-serialized sub-items when moving items on the first run. | 477129 |
| Sitecore CLI is incompatible with Azure Blob Storage because it uses an obsolete API. | 490176 |
| Sitecore CLI changes the Created By and Owner fields during serialization. | 475476 |
| Moving serialized item under a folder causes an error. | 463223 |
| The BranchID property is not maintained in the YML file during serialization pull/push commands. | 465383 |
| Sitecore CLI does not serialize all the template fields before the standard value fields. | 490183 |
| Sitecore CLI does not always deserialize the Standard Values on an item before the template fields. | 460391 |
| If the root item is renamed during serialization, the GraphQL.ExecutionError is displayed. | 477439 |
| If you execute a republish operation with a specified path, the republish flag is not set. | 492426 |
| During log in, the Sitecore CLI does not reset the Client ID when switching from client credentials to interactive login mode. | 422493 |
| A Sitecore CLI serialization push command on items that have language versions, does not clears the language caches. | 462237 |
| If certain required values are missing from an item file, the Sitecore CLI throws InvalidOperationException. | 423272 |