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Ability to use this cli to upgrade existing projects

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type: enhancement
Dominant language
TypeScript
Stars
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Forks
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Description

Description

It would be neat if this cli could perform all the necessary operations to upgrade an existing project to a given version of SPFx.

Use case

Assuming this goes GA in SPFx 1.24.0.

Then, once 1.25.0 drops, we can run a command against an existing SPFx project and tell it to "upgrade" the project by adding/removing/upgrading dependencies, manifests., etc. This would save a fair bit of time that's currently done with m365 cli that only just provides the individual upgrade steps that still need to be performed manually (or by agent, but sometimes it's actually faster to do the copy/pasting than to wait for an agent).

Alternatives considered

Sticking with m365 cli to get the upgrade steps then run them manually.

Additional context

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by mapping the existing upgrade steps and defining the project versions, dependencies, manifests, and other operations the command must handle. Done means an existing SPFx project can be upgraded to a specified version without the manual steps described in the issue.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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