Where or how can I access the publish directory of a previous build, my app checks if a file is present in the generated directory before building it again, for example: A static website generator want’s to compile sass from the source directory Before building it looks for the generated css file …

Welcome bert-bruggerman. It’s easy to gain access to previous builds. In the Netlify app dashboard, select the site of interest from the list. Click Deploys on the top menu. This will show you the complete list of all deploys for this site. Example: [Screen Shot 2020-04-14 at 7.40.19 AM] Clic…

Also this: [image] Can I download my website? Support Hello! thanks for reading, I would like to solve this issue. So recently my computer has oxygenated, therefore i lost my computer- now I have a new one. I cant access my hard drive yet, and I have alot of projects the…

I would like to access the previous/current deploy in my code while building the website… See the example in the first post…

Got it. Didn’t read far enough in your original post. Sorry. This should be a function of your build system, which might mean this is not a question about Netlify per se. If your build system doesn’t have the smarts to figure out what needs to be built and what doesn’t, that’s not a Netlify problem…

A better example with a simple nodejs script (no other build system or static website generator) generate-file.js checks if the file exists in the source dir and if it was updated since last build if the source file exists and was not updated it checks if the generated file exists in the publicat…

Hey @bert-bruggeman , Sounds like a cool idea! Have you checked out our Build Plugins beta yet? Netlify Build Plugins extend the functionality of the Netlify Build process. You can install plugins made by others, or write your own. You can save them locally in your repository, or share them with o…

Hi @bert-bruggeman , did you manage to solve this problem? I’m dealing with the exact same scenario. Thanks!

I’d be following Greg’s or Jen’s advice: you can access your current production build via HTTP to the production URL (or the deploy specific URL if you can access it during build - note that you have full outgoing internet access during your build so you can make API calls and contact HTTP endpoin…

How to access the previous deploy or published directory when building

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How to access the previous deploy or published directory when building

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