Is there a way to use Sapphire to reset previously registered slash commands?
So, I've got a bot I'm working on that uses Sapphire and recently, just as an example, I generated a unban.ts slash command while I had npm run:watch running (so it registered the command with the bot). I then moved the unban.ts file to the Moderation folder I created for commands like this one, and now I need the previous unban command to become unregistered. Is there any way I could have Sapphire automatically unregister slash commands created like this one upon finding that the files for the commands no longer exist? Or am I gonna have to do it the old fashioned way using discord.js?
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Then it would probably be because TypeScript does not delete old files from the dist folder when you move them in the src folder. Clean your dist folder and rebuild.
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You have several options
1. Enable 
You enable this by calling this early on in your application startup (i.e. in a setup file or at the top of your index file):
2. Use the DiscordJS methods as you mentioned
3. Use https://slash-commands-gui.androz2091.fr
BulkOverwrite mode for the Sapphire registry. This means that on every boot all your commands are overwritten by the Sapphire registry, regardless of what was there before
- Advantage is that you also dont need to track idHints
- Disadvantage is that you give Sapphire full control over your registry, for what it's worth
- One day I'll somehow convince Vladdy to make this the default but he's stubborn
You enable this by calling this early on in your application startup (i.e. in a setup file or at the top of your index file):
2. Use the DiscordJS methods as you mentioned
3. Use https://slash-commands-gui.androz2091.frSlash Commands GUI
Graphical User Interface to explore and edit your bot's slash commands!
Yeah I have that already set in my setup.ts file in the image provided, it doesn't seem to be working on the unban command, I think because I moved it from the root of the Commands folder and into a Moderation subfolder
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Then it would probably be because TypeScript does not delete old files from the dist folder when you move them in the src folder. Clean your dist folder and rebuild.
Ahhhhhh okay thank you so much, I just started getting into using TS and I didn't even think about that
btw just out of curiosity but what is that "5x" in your screenshot 
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does it take a while for the commands to refresh/re-register? because I'm still not seeing any changes with the /unban slash command despite deleting the dist folder and re-running my bot. I removed the unban.ts file entirely and removed the dist/ folder, but the slash command is still appearing, although the bot doesn't do anything when it's run
nvm I found the issue, I had set the following in client.ts file:
so the commands in my guild weren't updating after I removed that code. re-adding it has the issue sorted
@Favna @vladdy why is this a thing? how does a bot in more than one server (e.g., a public bot) avoid this issue? does it "eventually" propogate properly?
i have a feeling i have found the information https://www.sapphirejs.dev/docs/Guide/commands/application-commands/application-command-registry/what-is-it please verify
Normally commands should always re-register regardless as based on your config. If they removed it then the commands got registered globally and would've probably showed up double (or if they used bulk overwrite single but as global commands). Ultimately I'm not entirely sure what Doc's problem was truth be told. I've never had problems with bots like @Dragonite and @Gemboard
So what happened when I switched my bot from Python to Sapphire with the same secret key and all of the old commands still showed up (until I specified the guild ID)?
If I add a new slash command without the guild ID specified I imagine it wouldn’t show up for the same reason
because sapphire doesnt delete old commands unless you use bulk overwrite
if you add no guild id then it's global
okay that would explain that then thank you
It was half-not knowing that I needed to delete my /dist folder, and half-going on a completely wrong tangent to fix it. The setting default guilds thing was something I did hoping it would "reset" my bot's commands, at least for my server... Or something. Can't remember exactly what the logic was but I was sorta just breaking it until it worked again I guess lol
wait what about deleting dist?
sapphire will not unregister commands of which the files no longer exist (unless you use bulk overwrite)
If you dont delete your dist folder after moving/removing a slash command it will continue to persist in the JS compiled
/dist folder