Branching support for the theme deployment

[ankit.gartner (Ankit)]

Hi Guys,

I have seen in the latest version of Discourse the theme deployment support branching system as well but there is beta written on it so just wanted to confirm is it good to use this branching system for theme deployment over production ENV as of now or we should wait ?

[danekhollas (Daniel Hollas)]

Where do you see the Beta? Can you provide a screenshot? Isn’t that just an example name of a Git branch?

FYI: I was testing it and it seems to work.

[ankit.gartner (Ankit)]

Hi @danekhollas

Yes it’s a example branch name but I assume this names indicates there is something in beta version so just curious

Thanks for the reply

[danekhollas (Daniel Hollas)]

@ankit.gartner

but I assume this names indicates there is something in beta version

I do not think so. Beta is not an uncommon branch name, it probably does not indicate anything about the feature itself.

[sam (Sam Saffron)]

This is now supported using:

Introducing .discourse-compatibility: pinned plugin/theme versions for older Discourse versions

Hey everyone , I just merged a new feature that will help plugins and themes pin certain versions when installed on older Discourse instances. You can now include a .discourse-compatibility file at the root of a plugin or theme repository, that designates what to checkout when installing on older Discourse versions. Rationale It sucks to remember which plugins and themes are compatible with which Discourse versions. As an admin, it should be possible to easily scan those changes and fi…