# Content docs updates aren't being applied to existing installations

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-docs-updates-arent-being-applied-to-existing-installations/19817>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2014年九月9日 15:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-docs-updates-arent-being-applied-to-existing-installations/19817 "2014-09-09T15:34:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [2014年九月9日 15:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-docs-updates-arent-being-applied-to-existing-installations/19817/1 "2014-09-09T15:34:57Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Unable to pin or create pinned banner](https://meta.discourse.org/t/unable-to-pin-or-create-pinned-banner/19784/4):

> [@downey](#):
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> Unless you installed Discourse before that file was updated, in which case you’ll never find out. 😛

There have been lots of good improvements to the files in [discourse/docs at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/tree/master/docs) but those updates don’t seem to make it in to existing installations of Discourse, only new ones. **As a result, the older installations don’t have accurate/reliable/current documentation.**

Reproduce:

1. Use the Docker upgrade to update to a revision that has updated content in `/docs` within the repo, e.g., to **ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md**.
2. Look at the “Quick Start” topic in your local Discourse installation.
3. Notice that the topic wasn’t updated since installing Discourse.

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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [2014年九月9日 22:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-docs-updates-arent-being-applied-to-existing-installations/19817/2 "2014-09-09T22:38:28Z")

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That’s expected, though, unless we are proposing some feature to update a Discourse topic from an external source on a regular basis.

This document was not final-ish until V1.0 anyways.

It _does_ link to the latest version at the bottom, though, at least:

> This guide is a [work in progress](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/ADMIN-QUICK-START-GUIDE.md) and we hope to continually improve it with your feedback.

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**Author:** ![downey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/downey/32/166878_2.png) [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\
**Post date:** [2014年九月9日 23:05 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-docs-updates-arent-being-applied-to-existing-installations/19817/3 "2014-09-09T23:05:38Z")

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Yes … I think it’s pretty much assumed that if you can update the software you should be able to update the help docs that ship with it. 🙂

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**Author:** ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)\
**Post date:** [2025年十二月4日 11:32 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/content-docs-updates-arent-being-applied-to-existing-installations/19817/4 "2025-12-04T11:32:23Z")

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