force:source:push fails with opportunity with field history enabled

Question

Trying to push the source code to a scratch org I get the following error:

The entity: Opportunity does not have history tracking enabled (998:13)

But there is no option to specify on the scratch org definition file to enable the field history on opportunities. The only available option is to turn the history on for contracts.

Is there a workaround for this?

Answer 1

This issue is now properly addressed in Salesforce DX. You need to set enableAccountHistoryTracking to true, as outlined in the Scratch Org Settings documentation:

{
  "settings": {
   "accountSettings": {
     "enableAccountHistoryTracking": true
    }
  }
}

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I've logged that bug with the DX team. The solution (for now) is to have an src directory in mdapi format, deploy the "history tracking" flag on the CustomObject first, and then deploy the fields afterwards.

sfdx force:mdapi:deploy -d src -w 10
sfdx force:source:push

Your src folder would be a traditional package:

src/package.xml

<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <types>
        <members>Opportunity</members>
        <name>CustomObject</name>
    </types>
    <version>42.0</version>
</Package>

src/objects/Opportunity.object

<CustomObject xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
    <enableHistory>true</enableHistory>
</CustomObject>

Most of the fields are not necessary for standard objects, but be aware you have to specify things like label, fullName, pluralLabel, sharingModel, etc for custom objects.