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NSchema

init

Installs every plugin your project declares (respecting the current environment), pinning the resolved versions in the lockfile if necessary.

Terminal window
nschema init

Install follows the version on each PLUGIN statement:

  • A rang ('[5.0,6.0)') resolves to the highest available version, and the result is written to the lockfile.
  • An exact pin ('5.0.0') doesn’t need resolving, and just installs directly.

init respects an existing lockfile: a plugin already pinned there keeps its pin, unless the version in the plugin declaration is changed.

Skipping the implicit restore

Section titled “Skipping the implicit restore”

Restore also happens implicitly on first use. Every command accepts --no-init, which skips that restore and requires the locked plugins to already be available.

Terminal window
nschema init                 # resolve, lock, restore
nschema plan   --no-init     # require the cache, never fetch
nschema apply  --no-init

The built-in file state store has no plugin, so it never needs declaring or restoring.