Recover from mistakes

Recover from mistakes#

If you made a mistake answering a prompt, you have two options: edit the answers file and regenerate, or delete the output and start over.

Option 1: Edit the answers file and regenerate#

Cookieplone writes .cookieplone.json into the generated project directory after each run.

  1. Open the file in a text editor:

    nano /path/to/generated-project/.cookieplone.json

  2. Correct the wrong values, then save.

  3. Re-run Cookieplone with the corrected file and the overwrite flag:

    Cookieplone -f --answers-file /path/to/generated-project/.cookieplone.json

    Cookieplone regenerates the project with the corrected values.

  4. Review the changes with git before committing:

    cd /path/to/generated-project
git diff

Option 2: Delete and regenerate#

If the project directory has no committed work worth keeping, delete it and start fresh:

rm -rf /path/to/generated-project
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