We have a large feature that we want to break apart. I am following the instructions here, and since there are a number of objects in the feature, I want to use drush commands, instead of clicking around the UI, to export the different objects.
I am looking at the drush commands from the features 7.x-2.10 module and found features-export. I'm not sure how to use the drush help command, but I found this description in `features.drush.inc`:
case 'drush:features-export':
return dt("Export a feature from your site into a module.
If called with no arguments, display a list of available components.
...
But I called it with no arguments, and instead of a list of components, I got this error message:
$> drush features-export
No feature name given.
Poking around more, I found the features-components command, which gives me this:
$> drush features-components
Enter a number to choose which component type to list.
[0] : Cancel
[1] : all
[2] : breakpoints
...
[11] : field_base
[12] : field_group
[13] : field_instance
Selecting 11 (field_base) gives me these tokens:
...
field_base:field_address_1
field_base:field_address_2
field_base:field_state
field_base:field_zip_code
...
So I thought that I could use a line or token from the above output in the features-export command. However, I still get errors:
$> drush features-export field_instance
No components supplied. [error]
$> drush features-export 11
No components supplied. [error]
$> drush features-export field_base:field_address_1
No components supplied. [error]
$> drush features-export "field_base:field_address_1"
No components supplied. [error]
How do I use the features-export command from the features 7.x-2.10 module?
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slefevre1 CreditAttribution: slefevre1 commentedComment #3
slefevre1 CreditAttribution: slefevre1 commentedI figured out the syntax.
First, you have to learn the name of the component. Use the features-components command for this.
Then, when you know the component, do
drush features-export my_module_name 'component_type:component_name'
. That will create a module with the component you specified in it.So in my case, I would do
drush features-export my_module_name 'field_base:field_address_1
.If you want to add multiple components, you have add them to an existing, _enabled_module. So if I want to add another component to the features module I just created, I would do