Is it possible to upgrade Discourse up to a number of commits in the version?

[DeanMarkTaylor (Dean Taylor)]

Refer to this topic:

Change tracking branch for your Discourse instance

We do not recommend tracking master branch for your Discourse instance, because master branch is usually bleeding edge or unstable. In this guide we’ll describe how to change tracking branch for your Discourse instance to tests-passed. Let’s get started! Open configuration file app.yml. From console, run these commands: cd /var/discourse git pull nano containers/app.yml Configuration file will open in nano editor. Search for version (with Ctrl+W) in the file: params: ## Which Git revision …

You could try using the version (commit ID) found either on github or in your development page source…

So viewing the source of this page currently:

<meta name="generator" content="Discourse 1.6.0.beta7 - https://github.com/discourse/discourse version b624c5cc9403d58d8d45125d7f70e60cddbb9ab9">

I can see the version is b624c5cc9403d58d8d45125d7f70e60cddbb9ab9, this is the ID you could try using in place of tests-passed on your staging / production.

To be clear - I’ve not tested using a commit ID - but it should work.