command line option to clear static assets

[markshust]

There is a flag on the ./bin/magento module:enable command: --clear-static-content

Unfortunately, this only appears to be on the module-enable option. If static assets are desired to be cleared at any other time, this isn't an option.

I believe there should be a new command under ./bin/magento that just clears this static content, something like:
./bin/magento cache:clear-static-content

I'm not sure if static assets are considered a cached asset, so this may need some revision.

Thanks!
Mark

[ghost]

Fair point. There is one other time that static view files are cleared: switching from developer <> production modes.

http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/config-guide/cli/config-cli-subcommands-mode.html

[gotbahn]

@markoshust there is grunt clean, maybe would be helpful

[alankent]

We need this separation potentially for automated deployment pipelines. Grunt might be a short term workaround, but must not be mandatory for that (e.g. switching from dev to prod mode). We should have a separate magento command if its needed. We have been introducing these CLI commands to avoid "oh, for use case X remove directory Y" - we want it to be "for use case X run command Y" so if we change things internally related to "use case X", we can adjust "command Y" to follow the new rules without breaking existing deployment pipelines.

[tdgroot]

Really missing this feature as well, people shouldn't be removing directories when deploying..
Thinking about creating my own pull request to get it on the rails asap.

[mbrinton01]

Created internal issue MAGETWO-57193 to track this suggestion

[piotrekkaminski]

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