Deploy with pull requests
You can deploy using pull requests in two main ways:
Defining pipelines that only run on pull requests
Using a specific structure for your repository
Define a pull request pipeline
For pull requests within your repository, you can define a special pipeline which only runs on pull requests. This pipeline can be configured to deploy in the same way as a regular pipeline. We recommend only using this to deploy to test environments, as you've not fully merged yet!
Restrict pull requests to certain branches
Step 1: Define the repository structure
Repository branches:
main: Your integration branch
staging: Use this branch to trigger deployments to staging
production: Use this branch to trigger deployments to production
feature/xxx: All feature branches
With the branch structure above, you can define a .YML file that has different flows for different branches:
bitbucket-pipelines.yml
# This is a sample build configuration for Javascript.
# Only use spaces to indent your .yml configuration.
# -----
# You can specify a custom docker image from Docker Hub as your build environment.
image: node:10.15.0
pipelines:
default:
- step:
script:
- npm install
- npm test
branches:
staging:
- step:
script:
- npm install
- npm test
- export HEROKU_APP_NAME=$STAGING_APP
- ./heroku_deploy.sh # Check https://bitbucket.org/rjst/heroku-deploy to understand how to deploy to Heroku
production:
- step:
script:
- npm install
- npm test
- export HEROKU_APP_NAME=$PROD_APP
- ./heroku_deploy.sh # Check https://bitbucket.org/rjst/heroku-deploy to understand how to deploy to HerokuYou can check your bitbucket-pipelines.yml file with our online validator.
All branches except staging and production use the default pipeline that simply runs the tests.
The staging and deployment branches have a different configuration and are set up to deploy to their respective staging and production environments.
Step 2: Set branch permissions
In order to protect the staging and production branches from being pushed directly, you can use branch permissions to only allow merges via pull requests.
Step 3: Start deploying with pull requests
You can now simply develop a new feature or improvements on the feature branches and integrate them into your main branch.
Creating a pull request allows you to review the changes before you deploy them to the staging environment. Repeat the process to deploy to production: create a pull request going from the staging branch to the production branch.
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