Deployment

Requirements:

• Access to Platform.sh
• Permission to merge PRs to main

Steps

1. Create a tag of develop

• Releases uses [semantic versioning] standards.
• Use git tag -n9 to list previous tags
• git tag -a v1.2.0 -m '<Purpose/short message>
• Push the tag.

2. Create new draft release in GitHub https://github.com/Bixal/bixal-site-drupal/releases/new
3. Create a new release branch from develop (release branches don't start with v like the tags)

• git checkout -b release/1.2.0

4. Create a PR of the new release with target of main.
5. Backup main DB
6. Merge release PR to start the deployment

• To revert: Put site in maintenance mode, restore the backup in Platform, reverse the merge to get main back how it was with a PR, Merge the reversed release.

7. Publish the GitHub release as the latest and non-draft.