Sui Move CLI

The Sui CLI move command provides several commands for working with Move source code. A typical usage of sui move is to compile and test the Move code, or to generate a new Move project by using sui move new project_name, which creates the needed directories and the Move.toml file.

Check Sui CLI installation

Before you can use the Sui CLI, you must install it. To check if the CLI exists on your system, open a terminal or console and type the following command:

$ sui --version

If the terminal or console responds with a version number, you already have the Sui CLI installed.

If the command is not found, follow the instructions in Install Sui to get the Sui CLI on your system.

Commands

$ sui move --help

Tool to build and test Move applications

Usage: sui move [OPTIONS] <COMMAND>

Commands:
  build
  coverage        Inspect test coverage for this package. A previous test run with the
                      `--coverage` flag must have previously been run
  disassemble
  manage-package  Record addresses (Object IDs) for where this package is published on chain
                      (this command sets variables in Move.lock)
  migrate         Migrate to Move 2024 for the package at `path`. If no path is provided
                      defaults to current directory
  new             Create a new Move package with name `name` at `path`. If `path` is not
                      provided the package will be created in the directory `name`
  test            Run Move unit tests in this package
  summary         Generate a serialized summary of a Move package (e.g., functions, structs,
                      annotations, etc.)
  help            Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)

Options:
  -p, --path <PACKAGE_PATH>
          Path to a package which the command should be run with respect to
      --client.config <CONFIG>
          Sets the file storing the state of our user accounts (an empty one will be created if
          missing)
      --client.env <ENV>
          The Sui environment to use. This must be present in the current config file
  -d, --dev
          Compile in 'dev' mode. The 'dev-addresses' and 'dev-dependencies' fields will be used if
          this flag is set. This flag is useful for development of packages that expose named
          addresses that are not set to a specific value
      --test
          Compile in 'test' mode. The 'dev-addresses' and 'dev-dependencies' fields will be used
          along with any code in the 'tests' directory
      --doc
          Generate documentation for packages
      --disassemble
          Save disassembly for generated bytecode along with bytecode maps (source maps for
          disassembled bytecode)
      --install-dir <INSTALL_DIR>
          Installation directory for compiled artifacts. Defaults to current directory
      --force
          Force recompilation of all packages
      --fetch-deps-only
          Only fetch dependency repos to MOVE_HOME
      --skip-fetch-latest-git-deps
          Skip fetching latest git dependencies
      --default-move-flavor <DEFAULT_FLAVOR>
          Default flavor for move compilation, if not specified in the package's config
      --default-move-edition <DEFAULT_EDITION>
          Default edition for move compilation, if not specified in the package's config
      --dependencies-are-root
          If set, dependency packages are treated as root packages. Notably, this will remove
          warning suppression in dependency packages
      --silence-warnings
          If set, ignore any compiler warnings
      --warnings-are-errors
          If set, warnings become errors
      --json-errors
          If set, reports errors at JSON
      --no-lint
          If `true`, disable linters
      --lint
          If `true`, enables extra linters
      --mode <MODE>
          Arbitrary mode -- this will be used to enable or filter user-defined `#[mode(<MODE>)]`
          annotations during compilation
  -h, --help
          Print help
  -V, --version
          Print version

Examples

The following examples demonstrate some of the most often used commands.

Create a new Move project

To create a new Move project that automatically adds the necessary dependencies in a Move.toml file, run sui move new [<PROJECT-NAME>].

$ sui move new smart_contract_test

$ ls -l smart_contract_test

Move.toml
Sources

Display the contents of Move.toml file.

$ cat smart_contract_test/Move.toml

[package]
name = "smart_contract_test"
version = "0.0.1"

[dependencies]
Sui = { git = "https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui.git", subdir = "crates/sui-framework/packages/sui-framework", rev = "framework/testnet" }

[addresses]
smart_contract_test = "0x0"

Build a Move project

Use sui move build at the root of your Move project to build the package.

$ sui move build

UPDATING GIT DEPENDENCY https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui.git
INCLUDING DEPENDENCY Sui
INCLUDING DEPENDENCY MoveStdlib
BUILDING smart_contract_test

Run tests in a Move project

Use sui move test to run the tests in a Move package.

$ sui move test

UPDATING GIT DEPENDENCY https://github.com/MystenLabs/sui.git
INCLUDING DEPENDENCY Sui
INCLUDING DEPENDENCY MoveStdlib
BUILDING smart_contract_test
Running Move unit tests
Test result: OK. Total tests: 0; passed: 0; failed: 0

Get test coverage for a module

caution

This command currently only works on debug builds of the CLI. Please build the CLI from source to use it.

This example uses first_package Move package.

To get a summary of the test coverage, you must first run the sui move test --coverage command, and then the sui move coverage summary --test to get a summary of the test coverage in the example project.

$ sui move test --coverage

INCLUDING DEPENDENCY Sui
INCLUDING DEPENDENCY MoveStdlib
BUILDING first_package
Running Move unit tests
[ PASS    ] 0x0::example::test_module_init
[ PASS    ] 0x0::example::test_sword_transactions
Test result: OK. Total tests: 2; passed: 2; failed: 0

$ sui move coverage summary --test
+-------------------------+
| Move Coverage Summary   |
+-------------------------+
Module 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000::example
>>> % Module coverage: 92.81
+-------------------------+
| % Move Coverage: 92.81  |
+-------------------------+

Help

Each command has its own help section. For example:

$ sui move build --help

Usage: sui move build [OPTIONS]

Options:
  -p, --path <PACKAGE_PATH>
          Path to a package which the command should be run with respect to
      --with-unpublished-dependencies
          Include the contents of packages in dependencies that haven't been published (only
          relevant when dumping bytecode as base64)
      --dump-bytecode-as-base64
          Whether we are printing in base64
      --ignore-chain
          [Mainly for testing, not recommended for production] Don't specialize the package to the
          active chain when dumping bytecode as Base64. This allows building to proceed without a
          network connection or active environment, but it will not be able to automatically
          determine the addresses of its dependencies
  -d, --dev
          Compile in 'dev' mode. The 'dev-addresses' and 'dev-dependencies' fields will be used if
          this flag is set. This flag is useful for development of packages that expose named
          addresses that are not set to a specific value
      --generate-struct-layouts
          If true, generate struct layout schemas for all struct types passed into `entry` functions
          declared by modules in this package These layout schemas can be consumed by clients (e.g.,
          the TypeScript SDK) to enable serialization/deserialization of transaction arguments and
          events
      --test
          Compile in 'test' mode. The 'dev-addresses' and 'dev-dependencies' fields will be used
          along with any code in the 'tests' directory
      --doc
          Generate documentation for packages
      --disassemble
          Save disassembly for generated bytecode along with bytecode maps (source maps for
          disassembled bytecode)
      --install-dir <INSTALL_DIR>
          Installation directory for compiled artifacts. Defaults to current directory
      --force
          Force recompilation of all packages
      --fetch-deps-only
          Only fetch dependency repos to MOVE_HOME
      --skip-fetch-latest-git-deps
          Skip fetching latest git dependencies
      --default-move-flavor <DEFAULT_FLAVOR>
          Default flavor for move compilation, if not specified in the package's config
      --default-move-edition <DEFAULT_EDITION>
          Default edition for move compilation, if not specified in the package's config
      --dependencies-are-root
          If set, dependency packages are treated as root packages. Notably, this will remove
          warning suppression in dependency packages
      --silence-warnings
          If set, ignore any compiler warnings
      --warnings-are-errors
          If set, warnings become errors
      --json-errors
          If set, reports errors at JSON
      --no-lint
          If `true`, disable linters
      --lint
          If `true`, enables extra linters
      --mode <MODE>
          Arbitrary mode -- this will be used to enable or filter user-defined `#[mode(<MODE>)]`
          annotations during compilation
  -h, --help
          Print help
  -V, --version
          Print version