dagger check includes generated-file freshness checks
Introduced 2026-05-26 · score 0.95
HOW TO USE IT
When checking generated files for staleness in Dagger v0.21.0, run `dagger check`; it exposes a check for each `generate` function. Use `dagger check --no-generate` to list or run only explicitly marked checks.
dagger checkdagger check --no-generateWHY THIS HELPS
When checking whether generated files in a Dagger project are up to date, run the generated checks.
REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS
- Version: v0.21.0
- --no-generate: Excludes generated checks; lists or runs only explicitly marked checks.
- ignoreChecks: Toolchain setting to skip creating checks for specified `generate` functions; documented values or sub-keys not found.
- Docs conflict: Newer Dagger checking documentation uses `--generate` to select generated checks and `--no-generate` for annotated checks; the later documentation's `--generated` option also differs from the v0.21.0 release note. https://docs.dagger.io/cli/checking/
FIRST-PARTY EVIDENCE
Check the installed version and the source before using it. Entry JSON