Build doesn't get updated changes

[warrenalphonso]

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Your question

I've tried aab build on Mac and Ubuntu, but regardless of whatever changes I make to the source files, they don't seem to be reflected in the build. After I build and import the add-on into Anki via "Install from file...", the add-on works as if I hadn't made any changes. When I inspect the files in my Anki2/addons21 folder that Anki is running, they are the "old" files. For example, I cloned review-heatmap and tried changing the .ui files or some Python logic, and none of my changes were reflected in the build. I also cloned an exisitng PR to review-heatmap, merged it into my local master branch, and tried building; I still didn't see the new changes. I've got no idea what's going on.

[andrewsanchez]

Check out the documentation for aab's positional argument, version:

$ aab build -h
usage: aab build [-h] [-t {anki21,anki20,all}] [-d {local,ankiweb,all}]
                 [version]

positional arguments:
  version               Version to build as a git reference (e.g. 'v1.2.0' or
                        'd338f6405'). Special keywords: 'current' – latest
                        commit, 'release' – latest tag. Leave empty to build
                        latest tag.

Commit your changes and then build your add-on to see those changes reflected in the build artifact.

[warrenalphonso]

Can't believe I missed that! Thanks for the quick response.