backstage-vanilla-releases

This repository serves as an archive of vanilla backstage releases with its dependencies pinned.

How to add a new release

1. Create a new backstage instance with the default parameters.

   npx @backstage/create-app@latest

2. Pin all the dependencies.

   1. Filter files by package.json.

   2. Replace "~ with ".

   3. Replace "^ with ".

3. Update packages/app/package.json.

   Note, in future versions of backstage we may want the React 18 types.

   yarn workspace app add -D @types/react@17 @types/react-dom@17

4. Run yarn upgrade-interactive --latest

   • Upgrade all backstage related packages (core dep, testing dep, etc) to the latest minor version. e.g. cypress, winston, react

   • Upgrade all non backstage related packages to the latest version. e.g. concurrently, prettier, eslint

5. Copy over contents into an empty branch with the backstage version as the branch name.

   e.g. Backstage 1.17.2 release

   git switch --orphan 1.17.x

6. Git commit, push, etc