From 6773ff85cca5b8093c65644dff7a6f4a4d7cb170 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mendon Kissling <59585235+mendonk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2025 10:04:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] docs-setup-versioning-but-dont-enable

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 docs/VERSIONING_SETUP.md  | 111 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 docs/docusaurus.config.js |  10 ++++
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diff --git a/docs/VERSIONING_SETUP.md b/docs/VERSIONING_SETUP.md
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+# Docusaurus versioning setup
+
+Docs versioning is currently **DISABLED** but configured and ready to enable.
+The configuration is found in `docusaurus.config.js` with commented-out sections.
+
+To enable versioning, do the following:
+
+1. Open `docusaurus.config.js`
+2. Find the versioning configuration section (around line 57)
+3. Uncomment the versioning configuration:
+
+```javascript
+docs: {
+  // ... other config
+  lastVersion: 'current', // Use 'current' to make ./docs the latest version
+  versions: {
+    current: {
+      label: 'Next (unreleased)',
+      path: 'next',
+    },
+  },
+  onlyIncludeVersions: ['current'], // Limit versions for faster builds
+},
+```
+
+## Create docs versions
+
+See the [Docusaurus docs](https://docusaurus.io/docs/versioning) for more info.
+
+1. Use the Docusaurus CLI command to create a version.
+You can use `yarn` instead of `npm`.
+```bash
+# Create version 1.0.0 from current docs
+npm run docusaurus docs:version 1.0.0
+```
+
+This command will:
+- Copy the full `docs/` folder contents into `versioned_docs/version-1.0.0/`
+- Create a versioned sidebar file at `versioned_sidebars/version-1.0.0-sidebars.json`
+- Append the new version to `versions.json`
+
+3. After creating a version, update the Docusaurus configuration to include multiple versions.
+`lastVersion:'1.0.0'` makes the '1.0.0' release the `latest` version.
+`current` is the work-in-progress docset, accessible at `/docs/next`.
+To remove a version, remove it from `onlyIncludeVersions`.
+
+```javascript
+docs: {
+  // ... other config
+  lastVersion: '1.0.0', // Make 1.0.0 the latest version
+  versions: {
+    current: {
+      label: 'Next (unreleased)',
+      path: 'next',
+    },
+    '1.0.0': {
+      label: '1.0.0',
+      path: '1.0.0',
+    },
+  },
+  onlyIncludeVersions: ['current', '1.0.0'], // Include both versions
+},
+```
+
+4. Test the deployment locally.
+
+```bash
+npm run build
+npm run serve
+```
+
+5. To add subsequent versions, repeat the process, first running the CLI command then updating `docusaurus.config.js`.
+
+```bash
+# Create version 2.0.0 from current docs
+npm run docusaurus docs:version 2.0.0
+```
+
+After creating a new version, update `docusaurus.config.js`.
+
+```javascript
+docs: {
+  lastVersion: '2.0.0', // Make 2.0.0 the latest version
+  versions: {
+    current: {
+      label: 'Next (unreleased)',
+      path: 'next',
+    },
+    '2.0.0': {
+      label: '2.0.0',
+      path: '2.0.0',
+    },
+    '1.0.0': {
+      label: '1.0.0',
+      path: '1.0.0',
+    },
+  },
+  onlyIncludeVersions: ['current', '2.0.0', '1.0.0'], // Include all versions
+},
+```
+
+## Disable versioning
+
+1. Remove the `versions` configuration from `docusaurus.config.js`.
+2. Delete the `docs/versioned_docs/` and `docs/versioned_sidebars/` directories.
+3. Delete `docs/versions.json`.
+
+## References
+
+- [Official Docusaurus Versioning Documentation](https://docusaurus.io/docs/versioning)
+- [Docusaurus Versioning Best Practices](https://docusaurus.io/docs/versioning#recommended-practices)
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diff --git a/docs/docusaurus.config.js b/docs/docusaurus.config.js
index c4175c09..92a3d6dd 100644
--- a/docs/docusaurus.config.js
+++ b/docs/docusaurus.config.js
@@ -53,6 +53,16 @@ const config = {
           editUrl:
             'https://github.com/openrag/openrag/tree/main/docs/',
           routeBasePath: '/',
+          // Versioning configuration - see VERSIONING_SETUP.md
+          // To enable versioning, uncomment the following lines:
+          // lastVersion: 'current',
+          // versions: {
+          //   current: {
+          //     label: 'Next (unreleased)',
+          //     path: 'next',
+          //   },
+          // },
+          // onlyIncludeVersions: ['current'],
         },
         theme: {
           customCss: './src/css/custom.css',