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php bin/magento dev:source-theme:deploy

What is the use of this above command? Explain briefly.

Thanks

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Trick : use php bin/magento, this will output all commands with their purpose

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So :

dev:source-theme:deploy = Collects and publishes source files for theme.

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  • What is the use of creating less file in pub/static? – Priya Sep 26 '19 at 4:38
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Use this command to create symlinks to LESS files. Please check below URL which will help. URL: https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/config-guide/cli/config-cli-subcommands-less-sass.html

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This command runs to create symlinks to LESS files in project.

dev:source-theme: deploy: Collects and publishes source files for the theme.

Example:

To create LESS files for the frontend theme named VendorName/themeName in the en_US locale using a CSS file named <magento_root>/pub/static/frontend/VendorName/themeName/en_US/css/styles-l.css, enter the following command:

bin/magento dev:source-theme:deploy --type="less" --locale="en_US" --area="frontend" --theme="VendorName/themeName" css/styles-l

For more details refer official document:
https://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.3/config-guide/cli/config-cli-subcommands-less-sass.html

Check symlink file

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  • How we can check this , if symlinks created or not? – Priya Sep 25 '19 at 10:14
  • Hi priya check image to check symlink – Arunprabakaran M Sep 25 '19 at 11:06
  • Yes. Thank You. – Priya Sep 25 '19 at 12:04
  • It is creating less file in pub/Static , and what is the use of this when creating this less files?? – Priya Sep 25 '19 at 13:17

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