Versions out of sync

[TWiStErRob]

Before submitting an issue, please be sure to

• Read the contributing instructions
• Update to the latest Gem version (run bundle update github-pages)

This issue affects

• The site generated by GitHub Pages
• Building sites locally

The GitHub Pages Gem is intended to help users replicate the GitHub Pages build environment locally.

What did you do (e.g., steps to reproduce)

Want to update my Gemfile to match GitHub's version.

What did you expect to happen?

Find the specific version GitHub uses at the moment.

What happened instead?

Confusion:

• https://rubygems.org/gems/github-pages lists 219..223 (and older behind link)
• https://github.com/github/pages-gem#github-pages-ruby-gem has a badge for 223
• https://github.com/github/pages-gem/releases shows 221
• https://pages.github.com/versions/ shows 219

At this point I can't tell if the /versions/ page is outdated (August?!) or GitHub is not using the latest from its own project?!

Please clarify and update scripts/documentation to keep these 4 numbers in sync.

[TWiStErRob]

Note: not having 222 and 223 on GitHub releases also means it's hard to see what's changed.

[parkr]

@yoannchaudet Hey! Is there a way to run a Page Build job on the pages.github.com site periodically? Maybe a GitHub Action could fire off the build? Many folks use https://pages.github.com/versions/ (and /versions.json) to understand what gems they should use to match GitHub Pages, so ideally the site is rebuilt whenever you launch a new version to Pages. Thank you!

[yoannchaudet]

Hello here!

Thank you for pointing these inconsistencies, this was not intended.

Versions 222 and 223 did not include any changes relevant to the build process itself and just helped support https://github.blog/changelog/2021-12-16-github-pages-using-github-actions-for-builds-and-deployments-for-public-repositories/.

We should not be out of sync in so many locations! I'll make sure we update our procedure to release pages-gem so it does not happen again and so we clean stuff up in the next few days.

@parkr (hi!) yes! We can definitely automate the rebuilds for pages.github.com ❤️

[parkr]

@yoannchaudet Hi! Thank you so much! ❤️

[TWiStErRob]

Thanks @parkr for pointing to the right person!

And also for still being active around here after your departure to greener pastures. 🙇‍♂️💪

Thanks for committing to cleaning up the confusion @yoannchaudet!

[yoannchaudet]

Forgot to close that with the last update. We should be in-sync everywhere or within a few hours during any upgrade.

[TWiStErRob]

Confirmed. Release 227 just went out 5 hours ago and it's everywhere except https://pages.github.com/versions/ which is on 226. Deployment might take a while as you said.

[yoannchaudet]

pages.github.com is updated every 6 hours so it's a matter of minutes now :)