nself reset

Stop containers and remove generated configuration files.

Synopsis

nself reset [flags]

Description

nself reset stops running containers and removes all files generated by nself build: docker-compose.yml, nginx site configs, SSL certificate files, and .env.computed. Your .env and all .env.* variant files are preserved, as are your data/ and volumes/ directories.

After nself reset, run nself build to regenerate configuration and nself start to restart the stack. This is the recommended way to apply a fresh build after making significant configuration changes.

Hard reset (--hard --confirm) goes further and also removes .env itself. This is a complete project teardown, use it only when you intend to run nself init again from scratch.

Flags

Flag	Default	Description
--hard	false	Also remove .env (requires --confirm)
--confirm	false	Confirm destructive --hard reset
--no-monorepo	false	Disable automatic monorepo backend detection
--help, -h	—	Show help

What is Removed vs Preserved

Item	Standard Reset	Hard Reset
docker-compose.yml	Removed	Removed
nginx/sites/ configs	Removed	Removed
ssl/ certificate files	Removed	Removed
.env.computed	Removed	Removed
.env and .env.*	Preserved	Removed
data/ and volumes/	Preserved	Preserved

Examples

# Standard reset — remove generated files, keep .env and data
nself reset

# Hard reset — remove everything including .env (requires --confirm)
nself reset --hard --confirm

# After reset, rebuild and restart
nself build && nself start

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