I downloaded an event feature.

I have added some fields and modified some settings.

In Drupal 7 you could create a feature override in the UI.

How do I create a feature override in Drupal8?

Is it only the features module or do I need to use something else?

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SocialNicheGuru created an issue. See original summary.

nedjo’s picture

There is no UI available.

Two options are:

I'm personally using Config Actions.

nedjo’s picture

Status: Active » Fixed
SocialNicheGuru’s picture

nedjo’s picture

Just found https://www.drupal.org/project/config_rewrite

Well, that was one of the ones I mentioned above ;)

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed - issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

chrisgross’s picture

I have yet to see any explanation as to why there is no UI available for this. Neither of the above modules have any sort of UI either, which makes it extremely cumbersome to maintain features overrides. In D7, all we had to do to select overrides was check them in the UI, and now it has to all be done manually, which is a non-starter for site builders and makes maintaining a distribution in D8 a nightmare. Is there any reason why nothing like this has been been ported to D8?

nedjo’s picture

Is there any reason why nothing like this has been been ported to D8?

Um, because no one has done the (not inconsiderable) work required?

nedjo’s picture

Such a contribution would be very welcome.

A main barrier is that Config Actions and Configuration Rewrite provide functionality for applying alters but not for generating them.

Probably the closest that exists now is the Update Helper module, which does programmatically generate configuration alters. However, it is tightly tied to the update use case. See #3101832: Spin CUD management and tracking into a separate module. Steps to resolve this could include:

I'd be happy to provide feedback and reviews.