when update solution directly and when clone a patch?

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Hi guys,

I know that updating solution can do everything include deleting a component, and clone a patch can not delete component from solution.

Is that the only difference between Update a solution and Clone a patch?

According to the MS doc,

Using clone a patch and clone solution to update a solution isn't recommended because it limits team development and increases complexity when storing your solution in a source control system. For information about how to update a solution, see Update a solution.

But there are few blogs that said clone a patch make solution clean, so I am a little confused, when should I use Update a solution and when should I use Clone a Patch? Are there some special use cases?

Any answer or web resources are appreciated!

Best Regards,

- sukie

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EricRegnier 8,720 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @sukie_y,

Clone solution is an operation used to merge a patch(es) into your main solution. Cloning is performed in the dev environment not in prod. You can then export an updated versoin of your main solution to upstream environments.

Patch is a mechanism to create a smaller solution from an existing solution generally for hotfix purposes. You can import a patch into upstream environments (e.g. Prod). While patches are present in dev, you cannot make further changes to the main solution.

Hope this clarifies 🙂

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Hi @sukie_y ,

@EricRegnier is spot on, another good article that discusses in some detail patching scenarios along with updating a solution here.

Hope this helps. Please accept if answers your question or Like if helps in any way.

Thanks,

Drew

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@EricRegnier
Thank you very much! The difference of Clone a solution and Clone a patch is what you said. Thank you!

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@dpoggemann
Hi Thank you !!!
Just the first sentence in that doc made me understand the difference 🙂

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