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 ====== Build a new version ======
+**New_instructions_final_FINAL_Nov2025.docx**
+//Theme still broken 😭//
+  export NEW_VERSION=4.5  # change to actual new version, beware wacky branch naming scheme??
+  git fetch upstream --tags
+  git checkout sunbeam-changes
+  git rebase stable-$NEW_VERSION
+  # fix some probably annoying merge conflicts
+  git push -f
+<del>**As of October 2024, these instructions seem to lead to a festival of annoying merge conflicts. See below for alternative.**</del>
+  export NEW_VERSION=4.2.0  # change to actual new version
+  git checkout trunk
+  git fetch upstream --tags
+  git checkout -b merged-$NEW_VERSION
+  git merge v$NEW_VERSION
+  git checkout trunk
+  git merge merged-$NEW_VERSION
+  git push
+<del>Instead (not yet tested 🤡):</del>
+  export NEW_VERSION=4.2.0  # change to actual new version
+  git fetch upstream --tags
+  git checkout sunbeam-changes-new
+  git pull
+  git rebase v$NEW_VERSION
+  git push -f
+  git checkout trunk
+  git reset --hard v$NEW_VERSION
+  git merge sunbeam-changes-new
+  git push -f
+Then check [[https://gitlab.com/sunbeam.city/mastodon/-/jobs|the "Jobs" page on Gitlab]], and you should see the Docker image build happily running 🏃 It takes about 8 minutes.
 ====== Deploy the new version ======
+SSH to the server (arkology.sunbeam.city).
+Then run:
+  cd /var/services/mastodon
+  sudo -u services git pull
+  sudo -s
+  export COMPOSE_FILE="compose.yml:compose.sunbeam.yml"
+  docker-compose pull && \
+    docker-compose down && \
+    docker-compose up -d
+  docker-compose run --rm -e SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS=true web bundle exec rails db:migrate