easy nodebb upgrade process

charles

@pichalite thanks! I tried that and tbh it's written as if many should understand the process.

docs really need to be more friendly to all audiences

should anyone have to guess between patch revisions or minor revisions?
then it talks about "if not upgrading between branches (ie v0.3.3 to v0.3.4)" use the git reset
is nodebb now at the patch, minor or between branches now?

so should I use git fetch git checkout and git merge or should I only use git fetch git reset section?

pichalite

@charles it is what it is... not sure if the docs or the upgrade process can be simplified. if you are on 1.0.0 then it's a patch

julian

Yes, I'll admit the write up is a little verbose, but that's how I am when I write text

The gist of it is...

git checkout v1.x.x if not already there
git pull && ./nodebb upgrade

charles

@julian

So if I'm upgrading from v1.0.0 to v1.0.1 does that mean I should replace the x.x for the command you provided with git checkout v1.0.1?

phit

@charles no, it stays git checkout v1.x.x
that's the branch name for the latest 1.x.x, so right now 1.0.1

charles

thanks @julian @phit for the guidance will give it a try

hopefully nodebb will have easy upgrade like wordpress. just a click.

ViolentCrumble

I thought it was clear, but didnt work for me i upgraded, it appeared to work, but still when i go into the dashboard it says 1.0.0

charles

@ViolentCrumble I'll be testing it and will let you know what works so you can also try.

charles

@ViolentCrumble

tried commands below and works for me. Now logged in and version showing v1.0.2

git checkout v1.x.x
git pull
./nodebb upgrade

ViolentCrumble

@charles Not sure what i am doing wrong, but this happens
http://i.imgur.com/MTbG0Kj.png

charles

@ViolentCrumble I was confused with commands too.

just use git checkout v1.x.x exactly as shown. do not add any numbers. after that you can use the other commands shown in my previous reply.

ViolentCrumble

@charles ok still no go. This time i used "" git checkout v1.x.x"

http://i.imgur.com/CpdDKvv.png

Is it normal that it says "Aborted" like that?

but i continued regardless

http://i.imgur.com/ilzXajY.png

but still - http://i.imgur.com/LOcqTA0.png

charles

@ViolentCrumble use ./nodebb restart and then check the version again

ViolentCrumble

@charles Whelp, now it's showing 1.0.0 and isn't showing any stats

http://i.imgur.com/lyXh8M7.png

http://i.imgur.com/Wt5lXTl.png

charles

@ViolentCrumble that is strange that you have v1.0.3-auto.0 listed

when I try git checkout v1.x.x I get
Already on 'v1.x.x'
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/v1.x.x'.

ViolentCrumble

@charles I think i might have broken something when i was attempting to backup my forums using git...

When i type git remote -v

i get my own personal git directory. i think i done and gone broken something

ViolentCrumble

@charles ANy ideas how to fix this?

What do you get if you type git remote -v

charles

@ViolentCrumble

origin https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git (fetch)
origin https://github.com/NodeBB/NodeBB.git (push)

ViolentCrumble

@charles ok removed old origin and set new origin. now it shows correctly but now it doesnt work still
http://i.imgur.com/hZZYYsC.png

I don't know enough about git to know what else to look at?

ViolentCrumble

@charles
EDIT: ok for some reason now it finally has loaded and seems to be working ok on 1.0.2..phew, thanks for your help @charles

Ok managed to use git fetch, then had to use git pull origin master. now it finally says im on 1.0.2 buy now my dashboard doesn;t work
http://i.imgur.com/Yj149pq.png