Who contributed to Shopify on May 13, 2026?

2 developers shipped this update, including alfonso-noriega and Vitalini.

What were the notable Shopify updates?

Scope checkChangesets() to PR-diffed files, Merge pull request #7533 from Shopify/scope-checkchangesets-to-pr-diff, and Merge pull request #7520 from Shopify/01-remove-app-deploy-force-flag.

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CLI SWEEPS OUT DEPRECATED FLAGS AHEAD OF MAJOR RELEASE

By RepoJournal · Filed 06:03 UTC on May 13, 2026 · About Shopify

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alfonso-noriega @alfonso-noriega 1 cited

Vitalini @Vitalini 1 cited

Shopify/cli is systematically removing deprecated commands and flags in preparation for its next major version, while a critical fix to the breaking-change detection script stops false positives from tanking unrelated PRs.

The CLI team has merged three removals in quick succession: the --force flag from `shopify app deploy` [3], the --force flag from `shopify app release` [5], and the hidden `shopify app generate schema` command entirely [4]. These are coordinated deprecation removals across a tracked stack, so if you're maintaining downstream tooling that depends on these flags, start your migration now—they're gone in the next major. More immediately urgent: a fix to checkChangesets() [1] stops the breaking-change detection job from re-failing on unrelated PRs when a major changeset already merged to main is present. Previously, any merged changeset would block every subsequent PR; now it only checks files actually modified in the diff [2], matching the behavior of the manifest and schema scans. Over in Hydrogen, cartGetDefault() was broken—it ignored the cartId you passed to it and always fell back to getCartId() [6] [7], making it impossible to query a specific cart by ID. That's fixed with a simple nullish coalesce that respects explicit input first.

Action items

→ If you use --force with `shopify app deploy` or `shopify app release`, remove those flags from your CI/CD before upgrading to the next major release Shopify/cli [plan]
→ If you're using `shopify app generate schema` anywhere, switch to `shopify app function schema` now Shopify/cli [plan]
→ Update Hydrogen if you need cart.get() to respect explicit cartId parameters Shopify/hydrogen [monitor]

References

[1] Scope checkChangesets() to PR-diffed files Shopify/cli
[2] Merge pull request #7533 from Shopify/scope-checkchangesets-to-pr-diff Shopify/cli
[3] Merge pull request #7520 from Shopify/01-remove-app-deploy-force-flag Shopify/cli
[4] Remove deprecated `shopify app generate schema` command ↗ Shopify/cli
[5] Merge pull request #7521 from Shopify/02-remove-app-release-force-flag Shopify/cli
[6] fix: use provided cartId in cartGetDefault before falling back to getCartId (#3664) Shopify/hydrogen
[7] fix: use provided cartId in cartGetDefault before falling back to getCartId ↗ Shopify/hydrogen

Quick answers

What shipped in Shopify on May 13, 2026?: Shopify/cli is systematically removing deprecated commands and flags in preparation for its next major version, while a critical fix to the breaking-change detection script stops false positives from tanking unrelated PRs. In total, 15 commits and 11 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to Shopify on May 13, 2026?: 2 developers shipped this update, including alfonso-noriega and Vitalini.
What were the notable Shopify updates?: Scope checkChangesets() to PR-diffed files, Merge pull request #7533 from Shopify/scope-checkchangesets-to-pr-diff, and Merge pull request #7520 from Shopify/01-remove-app-deploy-force-flag.

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