ggpackage: The Smart package.xml Generator
Tired of manually writing package.xml for every deployment? ggpackage is the ultimate tool to automate the creation of Salesforce manifests — right from your VS Code.
With just a few clicks, select files, folders, or changes from Source Control and instantly generate a clean, sorted, and ready-to-use package.xml.
✨ Features
✅ Interactive Manifest Builder:
Quickly review, filter, and choose which components to include through an easy-to-use Quick Pick interface.
📂 Contextual Generation:
Generate your manifest directly from the File Explorer or Source Control (modified/staged files).
⚡ Automatic Pre-selection:
When invoked from selected files or folders, those components appear pre-selected in the list.
💅 Automatic Formatting:
The generated package.xml is clean, well-formatted, and alphabetically sorted by metadata type and component name.
🚀 Fast and Lightweight:
Runs entirely within VS Code — no CLI commands required.
🧭 How to Use
- Right-click on any file or folder inside your Salesforce project (e.g.
force-app).
- Choose “ggpackage: Generate Package.xml...” from the context menu.
- Review or adjust the selection in the popup list.
- Confirm your choice — and voilà!
A fully formatted package.xml will be created under the /manifest folder and opened automatically.
🧩 Example
Selecting components:
- Select
classes/, lwc/, or even objects/Account/ →
ggpackage identifies all relevant metadata automatically.
Generated output:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Package xmlns="http://soap.sforce.com/2006/04/metadata">
<types>
<members>Account</members>
<name>CustomObject</name>
</types>
<types>
<members>MyTrigger</members>
<name>ApexTrigger</name>
</types>
<version>61.0</version>
</Package>
