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Sorry to bother you again. Is there a way to manually trigger the build + deploy from Netlify’s UI? I want to build and deploy only at specific times, while disabling all automated build + deploy actions. Thanks!

Yes, but what you had me do is totally unlink Netlify from your git provider, so you’ll have to relink the repo now to do that :upside_down_face: . Please review the very long post that started this topic as to all the different ways you can control your builds - it will take a combination of setti…

Thank you, I went with [skip ci].

There is now Stop Builds functionality, so you can turn it on and off at will :slight_smile: [image] Builds: Stop builds feature available Updates Folks have been asking for a more direct way to control their build behavior - something less extreme than “have Netlify staf…

[image] fool: Just for grins, could you try making a shell script called “ignore.sh” in the root of your base directory (if any), and using as the command sh ./ignore.sh ? It should look like this: Hey @fool thanks for the suggestion! While I hit the same issue as @nicolasrouanne , using a s…

I have the same issue as @nicolasrouanne , the command works locally (macOS) but not when run on Netlify in the build step.

Hey @kmiyashiro , What error are you getting? Have you tried the .sh script as advised? What did this show/tell?

Hi there. Reading this thread with interest. My use case is that I have active editors (people) on a CMS like Forestry.io . Imagine that they log in and edit ten documents in series, over 10 minutes. In this case I wish to avoid building the site ten times in ten minutes. Is there a way to ask N…

That is not a feature we have today, though it’s not a bad suggestion so I will get a feature request filed, though I do not expect it to be implemented soon since you are the first to ask for it. If your CMS commits to git, we will skip intermediate builds while some are queued - but for most buil…

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It’s close to what I was looking for!
Thank you so much!
I’m going to use that feature

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[Support Guide] How can I optimize my Netlify build time?

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