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Docs that stay current

This card compares the help pages in your own GitHub repository with what you shipped, and drafts the edit for pages that look out of date. You review each draft. Nothing reaches your repository until you approve one.

Where to find it: In FoxPlug, open Today and find the card Docs that stay current. It shows once GitHub is connected. Open it in FoxPlug

Steps

1. First connect GitHub in your connections. The card Docs that stay current appears in Today once GitHub is connected.
2. On the card, type your repository as owner/name (for example acme/app) and the folder that holds your help pages (for example docs). Press Save. Nothing is read yet.
3. Press Check docs. FoxPlug reads that folder, compares the pages with what you shipped since the last check (or the last 30 days the first time), and drafts edits for up to 5 pages.
4. Under each draft, read the summary and the changelog line. Press Show the change to see the exact lines removed and added.
5. If you like a draft, press Approve: open a pull request. FoxPlug opens a pull request on your repository from a new branch. Press View on GitHub to open it, then review and merge it yourself.
6. If you do not want a draft, press Dismiss. Nothing changes anywhere.

Good to know

• Only the one draft you press Approve on goes to GitHub. Other drafts stay in FoxPlug.
• If the page changed on GitHub after the draft was made, FoxPlug opens nothing and asks you to check docs again for a fresh draft.
• Your first check for a project is free. Later checks are on paid plans; see https://foxplug.com/pricing.
• If the folder is large, only the first pages are read and the card tells you.
• To use a different repository or folder, save a new one in the same boxes.

What it does not do

• It does not write to GitHub when you press Check docs. That step only reads and drafts.
• It does not push to your main branch, merge anything, delete anything or touch files outside your docs folder.
• It does not run on a timer. Every check starts with your press.

Related

• The Your connections card: what each state means
• The Check for what's new button
• Automatic updates: when FoxPlug brings things up to date for you

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