What is the difference between ionic cap sync and npx cap sync?

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I used to build Ionic application and I'm used to ionic cap sync when I make changes in my code. Recently, I used npx cap sync instead and it is a lot faster but sometimes it feels like it just ignore all the changes I've made. When should I use one or the other?

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ionic cap sync first builds (ie ionic build) before doing the same as npx cap sync

ionic capacitor sync will do the following:

  • Perform an Ionic build, which compiles web assets
  • Copy web assets to Capacitor native platform(s)
  • Update Capacitor native platform(s) and dependencies
  • Install any discovered Capacitor or Cordova plugins

Source: https://ionicframework.com/docs/cli/commands/capacitor-sync

Capacitor CLI - cap sync
This command runs copy and then update.

Source: https://capacitorjs.com/docs/cli/sync

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npx cap sync, copies only web assets in "web" folder to the native folder.
ionic cap sync, build and copies everything (dependencies, assets) the app requires to the native folder.

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