Nuxt•2mo ago

How to skip the build proccess in nuxi generate, if a build already exists?

In nuxt2 you could skip the build with "--no-build" parameter if a build already exists. The build process takes quite some time. When I just want to generate/prerender some new additional routes (without app changes), it would be great if you could skip the build process for generate in nuxt3. Does anybody has a solution for this?

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kapa.ai•2mo ago

Hi @alex pixel. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- Unfortunately, I don't have enough information in the provided knowledge sources to directly answer your question about skipping the build process in nuxi generate for Nuxt 3 if a build already exists. The documents don't mention a direct equivalent to the Nuxt 2 --no-build parameter for Nuxt 3. However, I can provide some related information that might be helpful: 1. Nuxt 3 has improved build performance compared to Nuxt 2. As mentioned in a YouTube video about faster Nuxt builds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgsd6-Hsbz4), "Nuxt 3 builds are already significantly faster than in Nuxt 2." 2. There's a build cache module for Nuxt 3 that can improve build times for re-builds and deploys. This might help with your use case, although it's not exactly the same as skipping the build entirely. You can find more information about this module in the same YouTube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgsd6-Hsbz4). 3. If you're specifically looking to generate new routes without rebuilding the entire application, you might want to look into runtime prerender configuration. The prerenderRoutes (https://nuxt.com/docs/getting-started/prerendering#runtime-prerender-configuration) function allows you to add more routes for Nitro to prerender at runtime. 4. For selective pre-rendering, you can manually specify routes in your nuxt.config.ts file:

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  nitro: {
    prerender: {
      routes: ["/user/1", "/user/2"],
    },
  },
});

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  nitro: {
    prerender: {
      routes: ["/user/1", "/user/2"],
    },
  },
});

This approach is described in the Nuxt documentation on prerendering (https://nuxt.com/docs/getting-started/prerendering#selective-pre-rendering). While these options don't exactly match the Nuxt 2 --no-build parameter, they might help optimize your workflow for generating new routes without full rebuilds. If you need more specific information about skipping builds in Nuxt 3, you might want to check the latest Nuxt documentation or ask in the Nuxt community forums. ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

kapa.ai•2mo ago

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How to skip the build proccess in nuxi generate, if a build already exists?