Supported package types

sfp cli supports operations on various types of packages within your repository. A short summary on the comparison between different package types is provided below\

Default to source packages. The properties that once required an unlocked package — incremental deploys, scoped tests, and detecting when an org has diverged from source — are now provided for source packages by sfp and codev. Choose another type when a specific requirement calls for it. See Choosing a package type.

Features	Unlocked Packages	Org Dependent Unlocked Packages	Source Packages	Data Packages	Diff Packages
Dependency Validation	Occurs during package creation	Occurs during package installation	Occurs during package installation	N/A	Occurs during package installation
Dependency Declaration	Yes	Yes (supported by sfp)	Yes	Yes	Yes (supported by sfp)
Requires dependency to be resolved during creation	Yes	No	No	N/A	No
Supported Metadata Types	Unlocked Package Section in Metadata Coverage Report	Unlocked Package Section in Metadata Coverage Report	Metadata API Section in Metadata Coverage Report	N/A	Metadata API Section in Metadata Coverage Report
Code Coverage Requirement	Package should have 75% code coverage or more	Not enforced by Salesforce, sfp by default checks for 75% code coverage	Each apex class should have a coverage of 75% or above for optimal deployment, otherwise the entire coverage of the org will be utilized for deployment	N/A	Each apex class that's part of the delta between the current version and the baseline needs a test class and requires a coverage of 75%.
Component Lifecycle	Automated	Automated	Explicit, utilize destructiveManifest or manual deletion	N/A	Explicit, utilize destructiveManifest or manual deletion
Component Lock	Yes, only one package can own the component	Yes, only one package can own the component	No	N/A	No
Version Management	Salesforce enforced versioning; Promotion required to deploy to prod	Salesforce enforced versioning; Promotion required to deploy to prod	sfp enforced versioning	sfp enforced versioning	sfp enforced versioning
Incremental Deployment	Handled by Salesforce on package upgrade	Only changed components (component checksum skip)	Only changed components (component checksum skip)	N/A	Only changed components (component checksum skip)