./nodebb build vs ./nodebb upgrade

yasas

Out of curiosity, I was wondering what different actions these two perform as often I've used them interchangeably during upgrade testing (upgrading 2.x to 3.x) which has seemed to work without issues.

Like, does upgrade perform install and build too? And what's missing from build is just the migration steps?

TIA

<baris>

./nodebb build only builds the necessary files like js/css/template files while ./nodebb upgrade will install dependencies upgrade plugins etc.

yasas

Hi @baris Got it.. Thanks. So ./nodebb install is just to install the node_modules yeah?

<baris>

./nodebb help Explains it well I think

Commands:
  start                           Start the NodeBB server
  stop                            Stop the NodeBB server
  restart                         Restart the NodeBB server
  status                          Check the running status of the NodeBB server
  log                             Open the output log (useful for debugging)
  setup [options] [config]        Run the NodeBB setup script, or setup with
                                  an initial config
  install [options] [plugin]      Launch the NodeBB web installer for
                                  configuration setup or install a plugin
  build [options] [targets...]    Compile static assets (JS, CSS,
                                  templates, languages)
  activate [plugin]               Activate a plugin for the next startup of NodeBB
                                  (nodebb-plugin- prefix is optional)
  plugins                         List all installed plugins
  events [count]                  Outputs the most recent administrative events
                                  recorded by NodeBB
  info                            Outputs various system info
  reset [options]                 Reset plugins, themes, settings, etc
  user [command]                  Manage users
  upgrade [options] [scripts...]  Run NodeBB upgrade scripts and ensure
                                  packages are up-to-date, or run a particular upgrade script
  help [command]                  Display help for [command]

PitaJ

One very important thing upgrade does that had not been mentioned yet is that it upgrades the database schemas.

yasas

@baris Heyy yes sorryy. Absolutely yeah I don't know why it didn't occur to me to check the help. I was mostly looking at the documentation and stuff.
@PitaJ Ah yes. Was mostly thinking about what steps specifically build and upgrade commands do.
Thanks you two!