hexo-versioned-netlify-redirects

Auto-generate a Netlify redirects file for "versioned" material.

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import hexoVersionedNetlifyRedirects from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/hexo-versioned-netlify-redirects';
</script>

README

hexo-versioned-netlify-redirects

This Hexo plugin uses a versions array in the Hexo configuration, which has each version on a separate version-x.y.z branch, to generate a Netlify _redirects file (a special file format).

Netlify (already) auto-deploys each branch of a repository to its own special "branch deploy" domain. By using version-x.y.z branches, this deployment should show up at: https://version-x.y.z--your-site-id.netlify.com.

Then, through the use of the _redirects file (which this plugin generates), the master branch domain (i.e. https://your-site-id.netlify.com) will automatically proxy requests which come in on a version path (specifically, /vX.Y.Z/) transparently to the special branch deployment URL.

Sample Hexo configuration

versions:
  - '1.6.1'
  - '1.6'
  - '1.5.1'
versioned-netlify-redirects:
  netlify_site_id: your-netlify-site-id