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| author | John Olheiser <42128690+jolheiser@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-04-24 13:44:58 -0500 |
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| committer | techknowlogick <hello@techknowlogick.com> | 2019-04-24 14:44:58 -0400 |
| commit | 6a58832286b9163337c1eddb892ecc5accdfa99f (patch) | |
| tree | dade276836d44a2e6824481056353ca5b423ff0c | |
| parent | ff03b2f6064e436a03586fa9e2c73bf0d70ba0cc (diff) | |
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Add FAQ for version downloads (#6742)
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diff --git a/docs/content/doc/help/faq.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/help/faq.en-us.md index c82583f360..1154141a09 100644 --- a/docs/content/doc/help/faq.en-us.md +++ b/docs/content/doc/help/faq.en-us.md @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ menu: This page contains some common questions and answers. Also see [Support Options]({{< relref "doc/help/seek-help.en-us.md" >}}) +* [Difference between 1.x and 1.x.x downloads](#difference-between-1-x-and-1-x-x-downloads) * [How to migrate from Gogs/GitHub/etc. to Gitea](#how-to-migrate-from-gogs-github-etc-to-gitea) * [Where does Gitea store "x" file](#where-does-gitea-store-x-file) * [Not seeing a clone URL or the clone URL being incorrect](#not-seeing-a-clone-url-or-the-clone-url-being-incorrect) @@ -42,6 +43,17 @@ Also see [Support Options]({{< relref "doc/help/seek-help.en-us.md" >}}) * [LFS Issues](#lfs-issues) +## Difference between 1.x and 1.x.x downloads +Version 1.7.x will be used for this example. +**NOTE:** this example applies to Docker images as well! + +On our [downloads page](https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/) you will see a 1.7 directory, as well as directories for 1.7.0, 1.7.1, 1.7.2, 1.7.3, 1.7.4, 1.7.5, and 1.7.6. +The 1.7 and 1.7.0 directories are **not** the same. The 1.7 directory is built on each merged commit to the [`release/v1.7`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/release/v1.7) branch. +The 1.7.0 directory, however, is a build that was created when the [`v1.7.0`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.7.0) tag was created. + +This means that 1.x downloads will change as commits are merged to their respective branch (think of it as a separate "master" branch for each release). +On the other hand, 1.x.x downloads should never change. + ## How to migrate from Gogs/GitHub/etc. to Gitea To migrate from Gogs to Gitea: |