Guidance on using clone command in dbt Cloud

[jtcohen6]

Contributions

• I have read the contribution docs, and understand what's expected of me.

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

At minimum:

• https://docs.getdbt.com/reference/commands/clone
• https://docs.getdbt.com/docs/deploy/slim-ci-jobs

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

I would want to use dbt clone in Cloud to:

• create a "full" schema in development or CI, instead of deferring
• (potentially) manage blue/green deploys (staging → production), on data platforms that support zero-copy cloning

In order to do that, I would create a job (CI / ad hoc) that defers to a job in my production environment.

Additional information

No response

[matthewshaver]

@jtcohen6 if I were to link to this best practice guide (we just recently created) on the pages you've mentioned here, would that satisfy the conditions or would we still need to add additional information?