Salesforce DX Developer Guide (Beta)

How Salesforce Developer Experience Changes the Way You Work (Beta)
Project Setup
Salesforce CLI Configuration and Tips
Sample Repository on GitHub
Create a Salesforce DX Project
Create a Salesforce DX Project from Existing Source
Retrieve Source from an Existing Managed Package
Retrieve Unpackaged Source Defined in a package.xml File
Retrieve Unpackaged Source by Creating a Temporary Unmanaged Package
Convert the Metadata API Source
Link a Namespace to the Dev Hub Org
Salesforce DX Project Configuration
Authorization
Scratch Orgs
Development
Build and Release Your App
Continuous Integration
Troubleshoot Salesforce DX
Considerations for Salesforce DX (Beta)
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Retrieve Source from an Existing Managed Package

If you’re a partner or ISV who already has a managed package in a packaging org, you’re in the right place. You can retrieve that package, unzip it to your local project, and then convert it to Salesforce DX format, all from the CLI.

Before you begin, create a Salesforce DX project.

  1. In the project, create a folder to store what’s retrieved from your org, for example, mdapipkg.
  2. Retrieve the metadata. 
    1sfdx force:mdapi:retrieve -s -r ./mdapipkg -u <username> -p <package name>
    The username can be a username or alias for the target org (such as a packaging org) from which you’re pulling metadata. The -s parameter indicates that you’re retrieving a single package.
  3. Check the status of the retrieve. 
    1sfdx force:mdapi:retrieve -u <username> -i jobid
  4. Unzip the zip file.
  5. (Optional) Delete the zip file.

After you finish, convert the metadata source.