Extracting Source Code of a Power Platform Solution with CLI

Power Platform - General

The Power Platform Command Line Interface (pac CLI) is a tool for developers to manage and automate tasks related to the Power Platform.
The blog post provides detailed steps to extract the source code of a solution, specifically focusing on a solution containing a Canvas App.
Prerequisites include installing Power Platform Tools for Visual Studio and authenticating with pac CLI.
Steps include authenticating with pac CLI, selecting the organization environment, and listing available solutions.
Developers can clone a solution using the pac CLI command with the --processCanvasApps flag to include Canvas App components.
The extracted source code can be found in the specified output directory after the cloning process is complete.
The pac CLI streamlines the extraction of Power Platform solution source code for easier project management and version control.
By following the outlined steps in the blog post, developers can efficiently clone solutions and access their source code, including Canvas App components.

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