This guide is most relevant to buildpack authors.

See the spec release for Buildpack API 0.8 for the full list of changes and further details.

Process-Specific Working Directory

Buildpacks may specify the working directory for a process by setting the working-dir field on the process in launch.toml.

Prior to this, all processes ran from the app directory (CNB_APP_DIR). Running a process from a different directory typically involved running a shell to execute a cd command and then start the process, like:

[[processes]]
command = "bash"
args = ["-c", "cd <working-dir> && <start-process>"]

Buildpacks can now specify the process directly with a specific working directory, like:

[[processes]]
command = "<start-process>"
working-dir = "<working-dir>"

For details, see RFC 81.

Deprecate Positional Args to build and detect Executables

The positional arguments to the detect and build executables are deprecated. Lifecycle now accepts these values as environment variables.

To upgrade, buildpack authors should use the following environment variables:

For detect:

• CNB_PLATFORM_DIR replaces the first positional argument.
• CNB_BUILD_PLAN_PATH replaces the second positional argument.

For build:

• CNB_LAYERS_DIR replaces the first positional argument.
• CNB_PLATFORM_DIR replaces the second positional argument.
• CNB_BP_PLAN_PATH replaces the third positional argument.

For details, see RFC 100.

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