I'm running into an issue with an SDF deployment that I'm not sure how to handle. The app, by design, includes a custom segment and has another custom object that references the custom object thus creating a dependency. The issue is that the custom segment already exists in the account that I'm attempting to deploy to. Tried to move the segment out of the deployment but then it won't pass the dependency check. I'm hopeful that the segment can be marked as external, but the only documentation I can find on this is referencing another bundle or suiteapp, which this segment has neither association.

have you tried adding the custom segment as a dependency in your manifest and remove the xml file from the src directory

I'm just not sure what the XML structure should be for that, as I see (here: NetSuite Applications Suite - Defining Dependencies on SDF Custom Objects in a SuiteApp and Bundle Objects with SuiteCloud IDE Plug-in for WebStorm) that you need either an application or bundle to reference

I just use the command to add dependencies to the manifest after removing the xml file in the src directory