Support for multiple pages from the same repo

[stsrki]

Hi, sorry if this is not the right repository for this ticket.

The problem:

Currently, I'm using GitHub pages for the documentation of my project. It is served from the docs folder on master branch. And this part works well.

My problem is that most of the time I'm developing on dev branches. While developing a new release of my project I also update documentation and release previews from time to time. This all happens on the dev branch. People regularly use the preview if their own project depends on some new features. Since each milestone can take a month or two, which is a long time, the live documentation is not in sync with the documentation in preview.

Proposal

If possible, add support to choose one or more branches or folders from where the GitHub pages will be served. eg

Where each GitHub page will have its own domain name.

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I know there are CMSs out there that can support versioning, but if possible I would prefer it like this because often I don't need to have an option to choose an older version of the documentation. Just, what is currently supported on my project.

[MAGICCC]

Yes that would be really nice. Also an option for each branch all together would be uber cool.

[motherchucker]

I hope they implement that feature...

[stsrki]

With the lack of any response from the GH team, it seems like this will never be done. Shame really.

[yoannchaudet]

Hello, Pages team here!

Sorry for missing this issue. We have more people monitoring the community forum for product related questions/support.

I can shade a bit of light on this ask though! While this is not something we support today, we do have plans for something related. We want to introduce Pages previews/drafts as a way to get ephemeral Pages deployments from the context of a pull request (or potentially a branch). These previews/drafts would get a different URL and would not support things such as custom domains.

I hope that clarifies few things. Happy to collect feedback/suggestions. I don't have an ETA to share around that but I do hope we can start that work in the first quarter of 2022.

[felhag]

@yoannchaudet Any updates on this? Did find this post on the forum about the issue but it doesn't give much answers. Also couldn't find anything about it on the roadmap board either.

[yoannchaudet]

@felhag We made internal progress on Pages preview support (= the ability to publish a preview site for an individual pull request). This is not ready for prime time just yet but is something we will continue to flesh out (internal teams at GitHub are starting to use it as I write). Still too early to end up on our committed roadmap while we figure out some product aspects.

[felhag]

Thanks for the quick response, looking forward to it!

[erob123]

@felhag We made internal progress on Pages preview support (= the ability to publish a preview site for an individual pull request). This is not ready for prime time just yet but is something we will continue to flesh out (internal teams at GitHub are starting to use it as I write). Still too early to end up on our committed roadmap while we figure out some product aspects.

@felhag what would be the chances of being added to beta test that feature? I don't care if it isn't ready for prime time, but would love to be building out some of my work with that setup in mind. Even if it is buggy :)

[felhag]

@erob123 Think this was supposed to be mentioned to @yoannchaudet :)

[erob123]

@erob123 Think this was supposed to be mentioned to @yoannchaudet :)

@felhag lol yep thx. @yoannchaudet , thoughts? What would be the chances of being added to beta test the pages preview feature? I don't care if it isn't ready for prime time, but would love to be building out some of my work with that setup in mind. Even if it is buggy :)

[gouravkhunger]

same as @erob123, I'd like to be beta testing this feature for @genicsblog :D

[wildone]

@yoannchaudet +1 for beta testing!

[pwolanin]

Would love this feature also

[taylorjdawson]

@yoannchaudet update on this? And my organisation would also be interested in beta testing 👍🏾

[yoannchaudet]

This is not going to happen for some time I am afraid. The team is focusing on different priorities for a few quarters at least.