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Usage

Vercel's frontend cloud gives developers frameworks, workflows, and infrastructure to build a faster, more personalized web.

To install the latest version of Vercel CLI, run this command:

npm i -g vercel

To quickly start a new project, run the following commands:

vercel init     # Pick an example project
cd <PROJECT>    # Change directory to the new project
vercel          # Deploy to the cloud

Finally, connect your Git repository to Vercel and deploy with git push.

Documentation

For details on how to use Vercel CLI, check out our documentation.

Local Development

To develop Vercel CLI, first check out the source code, install dependencies, and build all packages:

git clone https://github.com/vercel/vercel.git
cd vercel
pnpm install
pnpm build

At this point you can make modifications to the CLI source code and test them out locally. The CLI source code is located in the packages/cli directory.

cd packages/cli

pnpm vercel <cli-commands...>

From within the packages/cli directory, you can use the "vercel" script to quickly execute Vercel CLI from its TypeScript source code directly (without having to manually compile first). For example:

pnpm vercel deploy
pnpm vercel whoami
pnpm vercel login
pnpm vercel switch --debug

When you are satisfied with your changes, make a commit and create a pull request!

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