how do you edit an application in the repository after cloning Prod over subProd?

patrickmcgonagl · ‎05-23-2016

We developed a few scoped apps on our dev instance and installed them to prod. We are about to upgrade from Fuji to Helsinki and would like to clone Prod over our Dev and Test instances to make sure they all match up.

We've done this before but the scoped app only shows now in the downloads section and doesn't show in the developer section of System Applications > Applications.

Is there a way, after we clone back, to pull those applications back in to show under the developer tab? In case we need to make changes/updates in the scoped applications.

coryseering · ‎06-13-2016

Hi Paul,

In that case, at the present time the best thing to do is open an incident with the Support team (in Hi). They help you get the app (in whatever state it is in in the repo) back on your dev instance, in a state where you can continue development. If you haven't backed up your work between the last time you Published and the time the instance was zbooted/cloned over/etc then you will lose that work.

If you have backed up your work, then you don't need Support at all, because you should have your Update Set, and that will contain your entire application up to the point when you published to Update Set.

The new git integration in Helsinki solves this nicely. If you hook up your app to git, and store your ongoing work in a repo, then you can simply re-import that app if your instance gets wiped.

So, best practices are:

1. Keep ongoing app work in git, using the built-in git integration in Helsinki.

2. Before a clone or restore-from-backup (or any operation which will "wipe" the instance), Publish to Update Set and store that locally.

3. If you don't have your work in git or in an Update Set, but you have published to the repo at least once, contact Support so they can help you get the version of your app that is in the repo onto your wiped instance, in a state such that you can continue developing it.

We are working on making this easier to manage with your instance as well. There is constant ongoing effort on our part to make the process of building, deploying, and updating scoped apps better, and this particular issue is one we have talked about, and have on our roadmap.

Thanks,

Cory

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Tim Woodruff · ‎03-21-2022

Changing the repo your application is associated with is possible now, but not very intuitive; almost actively obfuscated. I just wrote an article on how to do do it, here.

@Paul Morris