Ignore destructive changes for deltas in Workflows

[jdgirald]

Hi @scolladon,

When getting destructive changes for Workflows, the subtypes are extracted and added to the destructiveChanges.xml file. For example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <types>
        <members>Opportunity.qualtrics__Qualtrics</members>
        <name>WorkflowOutboundMessage</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>Opportunity.Update account</members>
        <name>WorkflowRule</name>
    </types>
    <types>
        <members>Opportunity.qualtrics__Qualtrics Example</members>
        <name>WorkflowRule</name>
    </types>
    <version>54.0</version>
</Package>

Is it possible to ignore subtypes? For example, I want to ignore destructive changes for the Opportunity.Update account workflow rule but leave the other components.

I have tried adding different values for the ignore and ignore-destructive options but it seems to only work with file names, which in this case is going to ignore all the individual components.

Thanks

[scolladon]

Hi @jdgirald !

You're right, the plugin does not handle ignore configuration when dealing with inFile metadata like Workflow. It only applies for files.

I think it could be a great enhancement to also us ignore patterns for inFile metadata.

What do you think?

[jdgirald]

Hey @scolladon

It could be a great enhancement, but not sure if it is worth the effort since Salesforce is deprecating workflows.

[scolladon]

I agree...
I'll convert that as an issue anyway
And tag it as not scheduled for a fix
Thanks for raising this