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Store build and run commands in source control?

Posted on January 12, 2026

I’m a fan of using source control for all changes that affect a project’s function, and that includes infrastructure decisions. For a start, is there a way for DigitalOcean’s App Platform deployments to take their build and run commands from a file in the deployed source code?



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Hi there,

I believe that what you are after is the App spec file. You can find the documentation here:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/reference/app-spec/#file-structure-example

It includes both the build_command and run_command.

Let me know how it goes.

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