On Sun, 4 May 2025 at 10:12, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The website workfile currently commits build output directly to the > branch (except for main). > > This means it is easy to check that the branch builds OK, but it also > means that the branch now has additional changes compared with main. > This breaks PRs, as they will now include the site code. > It's also not ideal for feature branches, as it makes merging or > creating a PR harder. > > So the generated output needs to be stored elsewhere. > > This could be as a data file that has to be downloaded. > But I think it makes sense to create a separate branch for the output. > This can then be automatically staged, to make it easier to review.
Now implemented: branch builds are now added to a new branch with the suffix '-site' The .asf.yaml file is set up to automatically stage the new branch. Note: do not use underscore, period or solidus in branch names as these are not valid for the staging site hostname. Best to stick to lowercase + digits + hyphen. Also the 'retire' workflow now triggers the website build. Sample PR: https://github.com/apache/attic/pull/10 > Sebb
