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The CLI plugin command

Abstract

Describes the DevEx CLI plugin command that manages plugins that contain additional CLI commands.

The Sitecore CLI includes a plugin command. This command manages plugins that contain additional CLI commands.

Note

The version displayed in the terminal is the latest official release available.

Usage

You can use the command as follows:

dotnet sitecore plugin [subcommand] [options]

Subcommands

You can use the following subcommands:

The init subcommand

The init subcommand initializes default plugins.

You can use the following options with the init subcommand:

Option

Required?

Description

-c, --config

No

The path to the sitecore.json configuration file. Default: current working directory.

--version

No

The version of the default plugins to install. If not specified, the CLI installs the version of the plugin matching the CLI version.

--overwrite

No

Allow overwriting/updating existing plugins. Plugins that were not installed previously are installed with the latest version or the specified version.

--prerelease

No

Allow pre-release versions for default plugins.

-v, --verbose

No

Report additional diagnostic and performance data.

-t, --trace

No

Report additional diagnostic and performance data

-?, -h, --help

No

Help for the command.

The following are examples using the init subcommand:

Command

Result

dotnet sitecore plugin init

Output: 

Successfully installed version 4.1.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization
Successfully installed version 4.1.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Publishing
Successfully installed version 4.1.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Indexing
Successfully installed version 4.1.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.ResourcePackage

Note

If the default plugins already exist, the CLI displays messages to inform you, for example, You have already installed Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization .

dotnet sitecore plugin init --version 5.0.0

Output:

Successfully installed version 5.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization
Successfully installed version 5.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Publishing
Successfully installed version 5.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Indexing
Successfully installed version 5.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.ResourcePackage

dotnet sitecore plugin init --version 6.0.0 --overwrite

Output: 

Successfully updated to version 6.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization
Successfully updated to version 6.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Publishing
Successfully installed version 6.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Indexing
Successfully installed version 6.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.ResourcePackage

The add subcommand

You can use the following options with the add subcommand:

Option

Required?

Description

-c, --config

No

The path to the sitecore.json configuration file. Default: current working directory.

-n, --name

Yes

Name of the plugin to install into the current project.

--version

No

The version of the plugin to install. If it is not specified, the CLI installs the latest version.

-v, --verbose

No

Report additional diagnostic and performance data.

-t, --trace

No

Report additional diagnostic and performance data.

-?, -h, --help

No

Help for the command.

The following are examples using the add subcommand:

Command

Result

dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization

Output:

Successfully installed version 4.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization

Note

If you do not specify the version option, the CLI installs the latest version. If you specify a plugin version higher than the one already installed, the CLI updates it to the newer version.

If the package does not exist, the CLI displays a message to inform you.

dotnet sitecore plugin add -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization --version 4.0.0

Output:

Successfully installed version 4.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization

The remove subcommand

You can use the following options with the remove subcommand:

Option

Required?

Description

-c, --config

No

The path to the sitecore.json configuration file. Default: current working directory.

-n, --name

Yes

Name of the plugin to install into the current project.

-v, --verbose

No

Report additional diagnostic and performance data.

-t, --trace

No

Report additional diagnostic and performance data.

-?, -h, --help

No

Help for the command.

The following are examples of using the remove subcommand:

Command

Result

dotnet sitecore plugin remove -n Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization

Output:

Successfully deleted version 4.0.0 of plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization

Note

If the plugin does not exist, the CLI displays a message to inform you, for example, The plugin Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.PluginDoesNotExist does not appear to be installed.

The list subcommand

You can use the following options with the list subcommand:

Option

Required?

Description

-c, --config

No

The path to the sitecore.json configuration file. Default: current working directory.

-v, --verbose

No

Report additional diagnostic and performance data.

-t, --trace

No

Report additional diagnostic and performance data.

-?, -h, --help

No

Help for the command.

The following is an example of the list subcommand:

Command

Result

dotnet sitecore plugin list

Output:

List of plugins: 
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Indexing v.4.0.0
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Publishing v.4.0.0
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.ResourcePackage v.4.0.0
Sitecore.DevEx.Extensibility.Serialization v.4.0.0