Metadata API Developer Guide

Introduction to Metadata API
Understanding Metadata API
Use Cases for Metadata API
Move Metadata from Production to Your Local File System
Move Metadata Changes to and from a Scratch Org
Move Metadata to a Sandbox at Integration Points
Deploy Metadata to Production
Move Metadata for Production-Level Changes
Make Large Metadata Configuration Changes
Metadata API Developer Tools
Supported Salesforce Editions
Modify Metadata Through Metadata API Functions Permission
Development Platforms
Standards Compliance
Metadata API Support Policy
API End-of-Life
Related Resources
Quick Start: Metadata API
Build Client Applications for Metadata API
Using Metadata API
Reference
Appendices
Glossary
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Deploy Metadata to Production

In the final step of the development cycle, move customizations from a source control system such as Git into production with Metadata API.

When your team finishes integration tests and is ready to deploy to production, move the completed customizations from a local environment to the repository. For the release, move metadata from the repository to production by pulling the updated repository back to the local environment with Git commands. Next, deploy metadata to production with Metadata API deploy call.

Moving metadata to production requires a deploy call instead of a push command because the deploy call deploys the entire metadata model and not just changes in the metadata.

Deploy Recent Validation

A regular deploy call executes automated Apex tests that can take a long time to complete. To skip tests for validated components and deploy components to production quickly, use the deploy recent validation option.