| # Testing new features |
| |
| Any git repository within the ASF ecosystem can be used for testing new or upcoming features. |
| Enabling a feature branch can be done via the `meta` feature: |
| |
| ~~~yaml |
| meta: |
| environment: preview/gh_discussions |
| ~~~ |
| |
| The above mock example could be used for testing a new GitHub Discussions feature in |
| .asf.yaml that exists in a certain preview environment of the .asf.yaml parser. |
| |
| You can also specify multiple environments to merge together: |
| ~~~yaml |
| meta: |
| environments: |
| - preview/gh_discussions |
| - preview/other_feature |
| ~~~ |
| |
| All testing environments specifically enabled through your repository's .asf.yaml |
| configuration are merged with the production environment before running, |
| allowing you to make full use of existing production features as well as the preview |
| features. In the case of a feature existing in both environments, the feature in the |
| preview environment will take precedence. |
| |
| When a new feature is available, we will be listing it on [this page](features/readme.md). Once a feature |
| has been merged into the production environment, any old references will stop yielding a |
| different feature from production. |
