A Preview URL for Every Branch, Posted on Your Pull Request

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Full tutorial with screenshots: https://blog.light-cloud.com/tutorials/preview-url-for-every-branch

Get a preview deployment for every Git branch on Light Cloud: each pull request gets a live URL in a bot comment and a GitHub check, and the preview is deleted when the branch is. No CI config to write.

Level: Beginner · Time: about 5 minutes · Plan: Free · Stack: Git branches, GitHub pull requests

Steps

• Step 1: Check the branch settings
• Step 2: Push a branch and open a pull request
• Step 3: Open the preview
• Step 4: Read the check
• Step 5: Merge and let it clean up

Source code: https://github.com/light-cloud-com/tutorial-react-website

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