CLI Commands

CLI Commands available for Modern.js Module projects are as follows:

modern build

Usage: modern build [options]

Build module command

Options:
  -w, --watch Enable watch mode to listen for changes on the fs and automatically rebuild
  --tsconfig [tsconfig] Specify the path to the tsconfig.json file (default:
                         ". /tsconfig.json")
  --platform [platform] Build artifacts for all or specified platforms
  --no-dts disables DTS type file generation and type checking
  --no-clear disables automatic clearing of output directories
  -c, --config <config>  Specify the path to the config file (default: "modern.config.j(t)s")
  -h, --help Show information about the current command

Modern.js Module supports the platform build mode, which can be used to execute build tasks of other tools. Currently, the official support includes Rspress. For example, you can start the doc build task to generate doc products by executing the modern build --platform commands.

modern new

Usage: modern new [options]

Execute the generator in a modular project scenario

Options:
  -d, --debug Enable Debug mode, print debug log messages (default: false)
  -c, --config <config> Generators run default configuration (JSON string)
  --dist-tag <tag> Generator uses a special version of npm Tag
  --registry customize npm Registry during generator runtime
  -h, --help display help for command

The modern new command is used to start the microgenerator functionality, which enables features for the project that are not provided by default.

The following features can currently be enabled.

  • Storybook V7
  • Tailwind CSS support
  • Modern.js Runtime API

You can learn more about these features in the Using the micro generator section.

modern dev

Usage: modern dev [options]

Local development commands

Options:
  -h, --help display help for command

Commands:
[dev-tools-subCommand]

The Modern.js Module provides the ability to use debugging tools, which can be started with the modern dev command. Note, however, that no debugging-related plugins are provided by default, so executing modern dev will prompt: "No dev tools found available ".

The officially supported debugging tool is Rspress, so you can run modern dev or modern dev doc to execute it after you run modern new to enable it.

modern change

Usage: modern change [options]

Create a changeset

Options:
  --empty Create an empty changeset (default: false)
  --open Open the created changeset in the editor (default: false)
  -h, --help display help for command

The modern change command is used to generate the required Markdown file for changesets.

modern pre

Usage: modern pre [options] <enter|exit> [tag]

Entering and exiting pre-publishing mode

Options:
  -h, --help display help for command

You can use the modern pre command to pre-release a version before the official release.

modern bump

Usage: modern bump [options]

Use changesets to automatically update releases and changelogs

Options:
  --canary Create a pre-release for testing (default: false)
  --preid <tag> Specify an identifier when versioning a pre-release (default: "next")
  --snapshot Create a special version for testing (default: false)
  -h, --help display help for command

Modify the version number in package.json according to the Markdown file of the changelog generated by changesets, and generate the CHANGELOG.md file.

modern release

Usage: modern release [options]

Release npm packages

Options:
  --tag <tag> Release npm packages with a specific tag (default: "")
  --ignore-scripts release ignores the scripts command in package.json, only supported in pnpm monorepo
                    (default: "")
  -h, --help display help for command

The -modern release command releases the module to the npm Registry.

  • The -tag argument specifies the specific dist tags to be used for the release.

modern gen-release-note

Usage: modern gen-release-note [options]

Generate Release Note based on current repository changeset information

Options:
  --repo <repo> The name of the repository to generate the Pull Request link, e.g.: web-infra-dev/modern.js
  --custom <cumtom> Custom Release Note generation function
  -h, --help display help for command

Automatically generate Release Note based on the changeset information of the current repository.

TIP

needs to be executed before the bump command.

modern upgrade

Usage: modern upgrade [options]

Upgrade Modern.js to the latest version

Options:
  --registry <registry> customize npm registry (default: "")
  -d,--debug Enable Debug mode to print debug log messages (default: false)
  --cwd <cwd> project path (default: "")
  -h, --help display help for command

The modern upgrade command is used to upgrade the project Modern.js related dependencies to the latest version.

Executing the command npx modern upgrade in the project root directory will update the Modern.js dependencies in package.json of the currently executing project to the latest version by default.