Tina's latest release adds support for a new config folder at <root>/tina.

TL;DR

• The Tina config is now at tina/config.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}. .tina configs will continue to work.
• You can migrate your config with the codemod: tinacms codemod move-tina-folder
• When you run tinacms build or tinacms dev, a tina-lock.json file will be generated. This should be committed to your repository.
• The entire tina/__generated__ folder can safely be Git-ignored. A tina/.gitignore file will be created automatically when you use the codemod.
• You will need to manually update any client or type imports in your codebase. Eg. import { client } from '../tina/__generated__/client'

Why the change?

Previously, this was at <root>/.tina but this was problematic for a few reasons. Folders that start with a dot are usually hidden automatically by file managers, and some build tools like eslint ignore them out of the box.

There was also often confusion around what files get committed to Git, and which should be ignored. Previously, the .tina/__generated__ folder had 3 files in it that needed to be committed to your Git repo: _schema.json, _lookup.json, and _graphql.json. These files, and the entire tina/__generated__ folder can now be safely ignored. Instead, when you run tinacms dev or tinacms build you'll see a generated tina/tina-lock.json file. This file should be committed to git.

Previous config:

- .tina
  - __generated__
    - _graphql.json // needed to be in Git
    - _lookup.json  // needed to be in Git
    - _schema.json  // needed to be in Git
    - ...           // other files which could be Git-ignored
  - config.ts
  - queries
      - frags.gql   // custom frags
      - queries.gql // custom queries

Updated config

- tina
  - .gitignore
  - __generated__   // gitignored
  - config.ts
  - tina-lock.json  // replaces _schema, _lookup, _graphql
  - queries
      - frags.gql   // custom frags
      - queries.gql // custom queries

Last Edited: March 27, 2023