# Remove forest types from versioning

**URL:** <https://community.forestadmin.com/t/remove-forest-types-from-versioning/5719>\
**Category:** Help me!\
**Created:** [December 17, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/remove-forest-types-from-versioning/5719 "2022-12-17T20:04:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![anon75040465](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@anon75040465](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon75040465)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/remove-forest-types-from-versioning/5719/1 "2022-12-17T20:04:03Z")

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Forest types generate a lot of noise during PR reviews and create a lot of conflicts.  
So I would like to remove it from my repo and to generate it manually with a script running just before starting my server (with the forest agent).  
Unfortunately I can’t do that because the methods to generate the types are private and can only be started with the full agent ([cf here](https://github.com/ForestAdmin/agent-nodejs/blob/acfb5779da034ad260c6304b23c618fd6edb40f7/packages/agent/src/agent.ts#L75)).

What should I do ?

Additional note: even if I cannot reproduce, I believe that schema types are not deterministic (i.e. same code can produce a different type file).

## Context

- Agent type & version:  
“@forestadmin/agent”: “1.4.4”  
“@forestadmin/datasource-sql”: “1.1.4”

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**Author:** ![morganperre](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/morganperre/32/1296_2.png) [@morganperre](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/morganperre)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 8:54am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/remove-forest-types-from-versioning/5719/2 "2022-12-19T08:54:12Z")

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Hello @anon75040465,

- Are you using **typescript** in your project?

> [@anon75040465](#):
>
> So I would like to remove it from my repo and to generate it manually with a script running just before starting my server (with the forest agent).

You will lose [auto-completion](https://docs.forestadmin.com/developer-guide-agents-nodejs/getting-started/install/autocompletion-and-typings) if you do so. Could you just add the `./typings.ts` to your .gitignore?

**PS: I’m not sure if you were talking about autocompletion and typings or about the `.forestadmin-schema.json`.**

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**Author:** ![anon39940173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8c91f0/32.png) [@anon39940173](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon39940173)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2022, 9:21am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/remove-forest-types-from-versioning/5719/3 "2022-12-19T09:21:49Z")

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Hello Leonard

You can skip typing generation by not providing the [related option](https://docs.forestadmin.com/developer-guide-agents-nodejs/getting-started/install/create-your-agent#typingspath-string-defaults-to-null-typingsmaxdepth-number-defaults-to-3)

To generate them on demand, use an environment variable to set the option conditionally

```javascript
createAgent({
  typingsPath: process.env.FOREST_GENERATE_TYPING_FILE ? 'src/typings.ts' : undefined
})

```

But then, the generated file really should be deterministic.  
What changes when you restart that should not? Field ordering?

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**Author:** ![anon75040465](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@anon75040465](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon75040465)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/remove-forest-types-from-versioning/5719/4 "2022-12-20T12:43:14Z")

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I’m talking about typescript types 🙂

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**Author:** ![morganperre](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/morganperre/32/1296_2.png) [@morganperre](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/morganperre)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/remove-forest-types-from-versioning/5719/5 "2022-12-20T13:13:53Z")

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Hey @anon75040465,

In this case, the answer form @anon39940173 is the right one.

> [@anon39940173](#):
>
> To generate them on demand, use an environment variable to set the option conditionally
> 
> ```javascript
> createAgent({
> typingsPath: process.env.FOREST_GENERATE_TYPING_FILE ? 'src/typings.ts' : undefined
> })
> 
> ```

Is this workaround ok for you?

Kind regards,  
Morgan

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**Author:** ![anon75040465](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@anon75040465](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon75040465)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/remove-forest-types-from-versioning/5719/6 "2022-12-20T15:44:05Z")

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It seems to work, thank you !