id,node_id,number,title,user,state,locked,assignee,milestone,comments,created_at,updated_at,closed_at,author_association,pull_request,body,repo,type,active_lock_reason,performed_via_github_app,reactions,draft,state_reason
527670799,MDU6SXNzdWU1Mjc2NzA3OTk=,639,updating metadata.json without recreating the app,172847,open,0,,,6,2019-11-24T09:19:53Z,2019-11-30T06:08:50Z,,NONE,,"I've sucessfully ""uploaded"" an SQLite database (with a metadata.json file) to heroku using:

    $ datasette publish heroku so-sales.db -m metadata.json -n so-sales

The question is: how can I modify the (small) metadata.json file without having to upload the (large) SQLite database.

The directions on heroku indicate I should run:

    heroku git:clone -a so-sales

But this just results in an empty directory with a warning:
warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.

I've been able to ""clone"" the heroku ""app"" using the command:

    $ heroku slugs:download -a so-sales

but this is not a git repository....

Ideally, it seems to me, there'd be an option of the `datasette` CLI to allow a file
to be updated, or there'd be some way to create a local git ""clone"" of the app
so that the heroku instructions for ""Deploying with git"" would apply.

(p.s. I ran `datasette publish heroku -m metadata.json -n so-sales`
in the hope that that would not cause the .db file to be wiped, but of course
it was.)

(p.p.s. Thanks for Datasette!)",107914493,issue,,,"{""url"": ""https://api.github.com/repos/simonw/datasette/issues/639/reactions"", ""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,