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docs: release process no longer requires merging changes to a docs-related branch (#4594)
With the docs v3 system, it automatically updates from main now.
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steps -- including the `npm publish`. See the appropriate run at:
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https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-nodejs/actions/workflows/release.yml)
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4. Updating published docs: If this is for the latest major (currently `4.x`),
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then the "do-not-delete_legacy-docs" branch needs to be updated to the same
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state as the release tag on "main". Use the
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[update-legacy-docs-branch.sh](./dev-utils/update-legacy-docs-branch.sh)
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script for this.
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- Run `./dev-utils/update-legacy-docs-branch.sh` to create a working dir with the
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needed changes.
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- Follow its instructions to create a PR from this working dir.
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- Ensure the "buildkite/docs-build-pr" workflow passes for this branch.
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(Re-run via `run docs-build` comment.)
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- "Squash and merge" the PR.
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- The periodic docs CI will update the
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[published docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/apm/agent/nodejs/current/release-notes-4.x.html).
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4. The published docs should update automatically with CI that runs
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(at time of writing) every 30 minutes + a CDN cache time.
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https://www.elastic.co/docs/release-notes/apm/agents/nodejs
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If this is a new major release, then:
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