package.xml file

The individual type-entries are described at developer.salesforce.com.

Tools that will help you generate the package.xml file for a specific Org:

• Visual Studio Code extension
• Salesforce package.xml Builder
• Salesforce CLI command (asagarwal.com): sf project generate manifest --from-org $salesforce_org_alias

Examples of generic package.xml files:

• asagarwal
• iamsonal
• Jayakrishna Ganjikunta
• Salesforce Diaries

Large package.xml files

The Metadata API limits the retrieve-result to 10 000 files and 600 MB (or 39 MB if downloaded as zip-file).