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Preparation

Read release notes (be sure to click the release version heading to see the full notes).

Check out the (brief) generic release notes on joinmastodon.org

Make sure you have a copy of https://gitlab.com/sunbeam.city/mastodon/ cloned locally.

Build a new version

export NEW_VERSION=4.5.6
git fetch upstream --tags
git checkout sunbeam-changes
git rebase $NEW_VERSION
# fix some probably annoying merge conflicts
git push -f

Then check 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
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