Use gclient sync -D

greggman · greggman · commit 2a80e6967197 · 2026-03-18T13:38:23.000-07:00
I don't remember why I didn't do this before. It turns out
to be an issue then it needs a comment on why.
diff --git a/build/build.js b/build/build.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ async function createProject() {
     process.chdir(kDawnPath);
     fs.copyFileSync('scripts/standalone-with-node.gclient', '.gclient');
     await execute('gclient', ['metrics', '--opt-out']);
-    await execute('gclient', ['sync']);
+    await execute('gclient', ['sync', '-D']);
     if (exists(kBuildPath)) {
       fs.rmSync(kBuildPath, {recursive: true});
     }

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ async function createProject() {`
`42`	`42`	`process.chdir(kDawnPath);`
`43`	`43`	`fs.copyFileSync('scripts/standalone-with-node.gclient', '.gclient');`
`44`	`44`	`await execute('gclient', ['metrics', '--opt-out']);`
`45`		`- await execute('gclient', ['sync']);`
	`45`	`+ await execute('gclient', ['sync', '-D']);`
`46`	`46`	`if (exists(kBuildPath)) {`
`47`	`47`	`fs.rmSync(kBuildPath, {recursive: true});`
`48`	`48`	`}`