Brief

Refactored Shopify Slate 0.14.0, replace the deploy method with Shopify Theme Kit and update the dependencies. So you can use the latest version of Node.js and NPM.

Table of contents

• Installation
• Usage
• Tests
• Common Issues
• Change Logs

Installation

# npm
>npm i @leocxy/ps-cli
# yarn
>yarn add @leocxy/ps-cli

Usage

Command	Usage
migrate	slate migrate [--options]
watch/w	slate watch [--options]
build/b	slate build [--options]
deploy/d	slate deploy [--options]
theme/t	slate theme [--options]
pull/p	slate pull [--options]

migrate

# npm
>npm slate migrate
# yarn
>yarn slate migrate

Converts an existing theme to work with Slate Structure.

watch

# npm
>npm slate watch [--options]
>npm slate w [--options]
# yarn
>yarn slate watch [--options]
>yarn slate w [--options]

Sets up the watchers for all theme assets and deploys the compiled versions to your shop.

build

# npm
>npm slate build
>npm slate b
# yarn
>yarn slate build
>yarn slate b

Compiles your theme files and assets into a Shopify theme, found in the dist folder. No files will be uploaded to your shop.

deploy

# npm
>npm slate deploy [--options]
>npm slate d [--options]
# yarn
>yarn slate deploy [--options]
>yarn slate d [--options]

Performs a fresh build followed by a full deploy; replacing existing files on the remote server and replacing them with the full set of build files, and removing remote files that are no longer in use.

theme

# npm
>npm slate theme [--options]
>npm slate t [--options]
# yarn
>yarn slate theme [--options]
>yarn slate t [--options]

List all themes in your store.

pull

# npm
>npm slate pull [--options]
>npm slate p [--options]
# yarn
>yarn slate pull [--options]
>yarn slate p [--options]

Pull specific theme from your store to your local machine.

Tests

For some reason, you might want to fork this project and refactor it. You can test it with the following command.

# at the root folder
>node ./src/index.js

# test the bin with build file
>node ./dist/index.js

# enable debug message
>DEBUG=1 node ./src/index.js

Common Issues

Mac M1/M2 Chip

The Shopify ThemeKit is not natively support the Apple M1/M2 chip. You might need to turn on Rosetta mode to run the ThemeKit.

fsevents

You might see this error message when you install the package. It is not impacted the package. Because I an not using the fsevents in this package.

warning Error running install script for optional dependency: "/xx/xxx/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/fsevents: Command failed.

Change Logs

0.16.8 → Updated dependencies, and update the README.md

0.16.7 → live will not consider as a valid theme_id anymore. (config.yml)

0.16.6 → Fixed “scripts/vendor.js” does not exist will raise an error issue

0.16.5 → Add “download” command

0.16.4 → Fixed SASS warning message

0.16.3 → Fixed SASS compiled as CSS, file extension issue

0.16.1 → All “styles/.{sass,sass.liquid}” will compiled as “assets/.{css,css.liquid}”

0.15.9 → Fixed JS configuration issue

0.15.8 → Support Section Group “sections/*.json”

0.15.7 → Fixed SVG file compiled issue, removed source map for JS JS will not “uglify” Include all JS before “Babel” it

0.15.6 → Fixed “includes” issue

0.15.5 → Fixed “build” and “deploy” processes, and added “vendor.js” to the processes.

0.15.4 → Tidy up the overwrite method