nself restart

Smart restart with config change detection.

Synopsis

nself restart [SERVICES...] [flags]

Description

nself restart restarts the ɳSelf stack with intelligent change detection. In the default smart mode, it compares .env and docker-compose.yml modification times against container start times. Only services whose configuration has changed are rebuilt and restarted, services with no config changes get a quick docker compose restart instead of a full rebuild.

For a full stop-and-start cycle (e.g., after major config changes or to clear runtime state), use --all. This performs a complete nself stop followed by nself start.

You can restart a single service by passing its name as a positional argument. This is useful for recovering an unhealthy container without disrupting the rest of the stack.

Flags

Flag	Default	Description
--smart, -s	true	Detect changes, only restart affected services (default)
--all, -a	false	Full restart: stop all + start all
--skip-build	false	Skip image rebuild
--no-build	false	Alias for --skip-build
--verbose, -v	false	Detailed output
--help, -h	—	Show help

Examples

# Smart restart — only rebuilds what changed
nself restart

# Restart a single service
nself restart postgres

# Full stop + start cycle
nself restart --all

# Restart without rebuilding images
nself restart --no-build

# Restart multiple specific services
nself restart hasura auth

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