You can now preview the framework preset and files that Vercel CLI includes in a deployment before creating one.
Run vercel deploy --dry from a linked project:
▲ vercel deploy --dry
Deployment Dry Run
Detected Framework Preset: Next.js ( nextjs )
Included: 4 files, 3KB
Ignored: 2 paths
Path Files Size
public 1 2KB
src 2 1KB
.vercelignore 1 12B
Largest Files
public/hero.png 2KB
src/data.json 1KB
src/index.js 20B
.vercelignore 12B
Output includes framework detection, file counts, sizes, and largest files.
For automation or further inspection, return the complete file manifest as JSON:
vercel deploy --dry --format = json
JSON output includes the detected framework, included and ignored paths, directory size distribution, largest files, file modes, and content hashes.…