# create

URL: /bengal/cli/version/create/
Section: version
Description: Create a version snapshot

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Command

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`bengal version create`

Create a version snapshot

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## Usage

```
bengal version create [OPTIONS]
```

## Options

Option
Type
Description

`--dry-run`

flag

`BOOLEAN`

Show what would be done without making changes

`--from-path`

`STRING`

Source directory to snapshot (default: docs)

Default:`docs`

`--label`

`STRING`

Human-readable label (default: version ID)

`--source`

`STRING`

Source directory path

`--to-path`

`STRING`

Destination directory

`--version-id`

required

`STRING`

New version identifier