himanshu371/example-deploy-remove-force-components

Example of how do deploy changes that include adding, updating and removing components in one step with the Force.com Migration Tool

This example is in response to the question on Salesforce StackExchange How can I deploy and remove components in one step with the ant migration tool?. Metadata component additions and updates should be included in the package.xml, component removals should be included in destructiveChanges.xml.

##Instructions

1. Configure your <USERNAME> and <PASSWORD> in the build.properties
2. Deploy the initial-package, this just deploys 2 Apex classes, one to be updated and the other to be deleted:

$> ant deploy-initial-package
Buildfile: /home/alan/sf-ant-test/build.xml

deploy-initial-package:
[sf:deploy] Request for a deploy submitted successfully.
[sf:deploy] Request Id for the current deploy task: 09Sf0000001BfvdEAC
[sf:deploy] Waiting for server to finish processing the request...
[sf:deploy] Request Status: InProgress
[sf:deploy] Request Status: InProgress
[sf:deploy] Request Status: Completed
[sf:deploy] Finished request 09Sf0000001BfvdEAC successfully.

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 minute 33 seconds

3. Verify AntTest_Updated.cls and AntTest_ToBeRemoved.cls now exist in your Org.
4. Deploy the add-update-delete-package:

$> ant deploy
Buildfile: /home/alan/sf-ant-test/build.xml

deploy:
[sf:deploy] Request for a deploy submitted successfully.
[sf:deploy] Request Id for the current deploy task: 09Sf0000001Bg17EAC
[sf:deploy] Waiting for server to finish processing the request...
[sf:deploy] Request Status: InProgress
[sf:deploy] Request Status: InProgress
[sf:deploy] Request Status: Completed
[sf:deploy] Finished request 09Sf0000001Bg17EAC successfully.

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total time: 1 minute 34 seconds

5. Verify the results:

• AntTest_Added should now exist
• AntTest_Updated should have a method called newMethod added.
• AntTest_ToBeRemoved should no longer exist