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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 check
dagger check --no-generate

WHY 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

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