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Reference for the selfdoc build command — usage, flags, arguments, and examples for the build subcommand of the selfdoc CLI.

#selfdoc build

Build the documentation site from templates and source code

Effect: mutating

#Flags

Flags
NameShortTypePresenceEnvDescription
--auto-commit, --no-auto-commitbooloptionalAutomatically commit updated content hash tracking files to git after the build. Omitted, it commits; pass --no-auto-commit to leave them uncommitted
--localestroptionalBuild only the specified locale instead of all (e.g., 'en')
--versionstroptionalBuild only the specified version instead of all (e.g., '1.0.0')
--drafts, --no-draftsbooloptionalInclude posts marked as draft in the build output alongside published posts. Omitted, drafts are left out; pass --drafts to include them
--targetstroptionalBuild target: 'site' for the whole documentation site, 'posts' for a posts-only build, 'unified' for a unified multi-project site, 'home' for the assembly's home project (the one served at the site root, whose pages carry site-level directives). Omitted, 'site' is built
--site-manifestsstroptionalPath to the assembly's manifests directory. Required by --target home: the home project's front page renders the curated listing with each project's live version and the recent posts across the whole site, and only the assembly's manifests carry those
--themestroptionalTheme name that overrides the one selfdoc.json declares, for this build only (e.g. 'tinymoon'). Omitted, the config decides. Nothing is written back to selfdoc.json -- this exists so the same pages can be built under a different theme and looked at, without editing every project's config to do it

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