How to automatically archive and create snapshots

[kaelig]

I'm setting up the publishing workflow for a community group (important detail, as we don't deploy to Echidna), using spec-prod and Respec:

https://github.com/design-tokens/community-group

Our multiple specs are in the technical-reports directory, and for now, automatically deployed to URLs of this form:

• https://design-tokens.github.io/community-group/
• https://design-tokens.github.io/community-group/format/

How should we go about keeping dated snapshots of editor's drafts, working drafts, and actual specs so that the latest is easily reachable, while older versions can still be browsed?

[sidvishnoi]

It's not currently supported, though there are two ways this can be supported:

1. Once spec-prod finishes deployment to gh-pages, use a custom script/step in your workflow to copy content of latest commit to a dated directory.
2. spec-prod can probably support a GH_PAGES_STRATEGY option in future (GH_PAGES_STRATEGY: latest | snapshot | snapshot:YYYY-MM-DD). This will modify the DESTINATION to write once in a dated directory and once at root directory (or maybe symlink latest). I can't give a timeline, but it's likely after present issues are closed.