Deprecated: setting log-path + target-path in dbt_project.yml

[jtcohen6]

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Link to the page on docs.getdbt.com requiring updates

https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/project-configs/log-path
https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/project-configs/target-path

What part(s) of the page would you like to see updated?

We are deprecating the ability to set these configs in dbt_project.yml, in favor of setting them as CLI flags or env vars. This is much more consistent with how other flags are set/passed during app initialization.

In v1.5, there will be backwards compatibility for continuing to set these configs in dbt_project.yml. We plan to remove this back compat in a future (as-of-yet-undetermined) version of dbt-core.

Additional information

dbt-labs/dbt-core#7185

[adamcunnington-mlg]

@jtcohen6 please can you confirm whether this decision was reversed at a later date? I've noticed the docs no longer say these 2 properties are deprecated but according to Google, they did as of February.

[jtcohen6]

@adamcunnington-mlg These two configs are still deprecated for setting in dbt_project.yml. They are supported to set via CLI flag (--log-path, --target-path) or environment variable.

We did recently reorganize this documentation:

• Project flags, for global config defaults + behavior change migrations #4814

From the updated page (https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/global-configs/about-global-configs):

And the table further down (with my scrappy edit to show both flags more concisely):