Issue with Salesforce Package directories

Question

While Creating a new package version, I have to keep all the components in the same folder otherwise it is giving me errors.

Even though the component exists in other directory.

So,There are 2 use cases:

1. Fetch from the server: Here package directories structure helps as it keep all the components well segregated.
2. Create a package: In this case, we need to move the components to a single directory for packaging. This de-means everything from point 1.

Is this correct, Or Am i missing something. Kindly suggest.

Regards,

Answer 1

You can use different folders for packaging, but requires a bit of setup. In your sfdx-project.json file, you need to specify the package directories:

  "packageDirectories": [
    {
      "default": false,
      "package": "package1",
      "path": "force-app/package1",
      "versionName": "ver 0.1",
      "versionNumber": "0.1.0.NEXT"
    },
    {
      "default": false,
      "package": "package2",
      "path": "force-app/package2",
      "versionName": "ver 0.1",
      "definitionFile": "config/features.json",
      "versionNumber": "0.1.0.NEXT",
      "dependencies": [
        {
          "package": "package1",
          "versionNumber": "0.1.0.LATEST"
        }
      ]
    },
    ...

This example demonstrates how package2 depends on components from package1. As long as you define your dependencies, and in the correct order, you'll be allowed to keep the metadata in different folders, the way you'd expect.