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Expand Up @@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ dbt Labs is committed to providing backward compatibility for all versions 1.x,

## New and changed features and functionality

Coming soon!
Features and functionality new in dbt v1.8

### The `--empty` flag

The [`run`](/reference/commands/run#the-`--empty`-flag) and [`build`](/reference/commands/build#the---empty-flag) commands now support the `--empty` flag for building schema-only dry runs. The `--empty` flag limits the refs and sources to zero rows. dbt will still execute the model SQL against the target data warehouse but will avoid expensive reads of input data. This validates dependencies and ensures your models will build properly.


## Quick hits

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**Flags:** The `build` task supports all the same flags as `run`, `test`, `snapshot`, and `seed`. For flags that are shared between multiple tasks (e.g. `--full-refresh`), `build` will use the same value for all selected resource types (e.g. both models and seeds will be full refreshed).

<VersionBlock firstVersion="1.8">

### The `--empty` flag

The `build` command supports the `--empty` flag for building schema-only dry runs. The `--empty` flag limits the refs and sources to zero rows. dbt will still execute the model SQL against the target data warehouse but will avoid expensive reads of input data. This validates dependencies and ensures your models will build properly.

</VersionBlock>

### Examples

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## Enable or Disable Colorized Logs

See [global configs](/reference/global-configs/print-output#print-color)

<VersionBlock firstVersion="1.8">

## The `--empty` flag

The `run` command supports the `--empty` flag for building schema-only dry runs. The `--empty` flag limits the refs and sources to zero rows. dbt will still execute the model SQL against the target data warehouse but will avoid expensive reads of input data. This validates dependencies and ensures your models will build properly.

</VersionBlock>
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