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Follow-up to #3493, which builds a preview for every non-Dependabot PR, including backend-only ones (for example #3520, #3519 and #3466 all built previews with no frontend/ changes).

  • frontend/vercel.json: ignoreCommand runs scripts/vercel-ignore-build.sh.
  • The script keeps the Dependabot skip exactly as spec Section 0 (case on VERCEL_GIT_COMMIT_REF dependabot/*, exit 0), always builds production, and otherwise builds only when frontend/ differs from the base (VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA if present, else merge base with origin/main). If no base is found, it builds.
  • Spec: not in this repo. It lives in the separate regengine-qa-spec repo at qa-spec/reliable-previews.md and needs a matching amendment there.

Author-Engine: gemini. Reviewer: grok.


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Deployment-only change to Vercel ignore logic; uncertain cases still default to building, with no runtime or auth impact.

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Vercel preview builds are no longer triggered for every non-Dependabot PR. vercel.json now delegates ignoreCommand to scripts/vercel-ignore-build.sh instead of only skipping dependabot/* branches.

The script keeps the same Dependabot skip and always builds production. For previews it compares HEAD to a resolved base (VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA when available, otherwise merge-base with origin/main) and skips the build when nothing under frontend/ changed; if the base cannot be determined or git diff fails, it still builds.

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Vercel now runs a script to decide whether to skip a build. The script skips Dependabot branches and proceeds with production builds. For other builds, it selects a comparison base and checks for changes against HEAD. It skips when there are no changes. It proceeds if it cannot select a base, detects changes, or encounters a diff error.

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Review comments at @frontend/scripts/vercel-ignore-build.sh:
- Line 3: Reorder the checks in the Vercel ignore-build script so the production
check runs before the Dependabot ref case; production deployments must continue
to build even when the ref matches dependabot/*.
- Around line 12-15: In the VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA block, fetch the previous
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case "${VERCEL_GIT_COMMIT_REF:-}" in dependabot/*) echo 'Dependabot branch, skipping preview'; exit 0;; esac

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Check production before skipping Dependabot refs.

If a production deployment uses a dependabot/* ref, this line exits with 0 before the production check. Vercel then ignores the build, contrary to the stated requirement to always build production. Move the production check above this branch check. (vercel.com)

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if [ -n "${VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA:-}" ]; then
if git cat-file -e "${VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA}^{commit}" 2>/dev/null; then
BASE="$VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA"
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L128: To run a bash script in the &quot;Ignored Build Step&quot;, you need to set the following in the field: `bash script.sh`. Do notice the file should exist in your repository. An example of a bash script:
L129: Note: You can also use Node scripts (e.g. `node ignore-step.js`).
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L131: Locked 【70†Answered】 by 【71†amyegan】
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L133: 【72†Js-Brecht】 asked this question in 【73†Ideas】
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L137: Apr 8, 2021 · 1 comment
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L139: Discussion options
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L141: 
L142: 【72†Js-Brecht】 【75†Apr 8, 2021】
L143: I am operating a monorepo, and recently started using Vercel. I am trying to work out how to get the &quot;Ignore Build Step&quot; to work accurately when I may have a collection of commits being made to multiple projects, and the latest may not be a change to the project being deployed, but there is a commit that was a change to the project and should be deployed. I need a frame of reference for the latest commit that was built.
L144: With that, I could look at what latest commit changed the project in question, compare it to the latest commit built, and if they differ than I build &amp; deploy. My git branches are are structured like this:
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L146:     * All pull requests are based off of `master`, so they&#39;re getting staged here and deployed later.
L147:     * I have many projects that get staged in master, and many of them have their own deployment mechanisms... but they all use this same branch deployment structure
L148:     * Changes to the Vercel project will trigger a deployment here, because all pull requests get merged into `master` as squash commits.
L149:     * These preview deployments are useful because they act as a sort of temporary staging environment that can be used to test all changes that are about to get deployed to other environments
L150:   * `demo`
L151:     * This branch should trigger a &quot;demo&quot; deployment, which gets its own domain name &amp; environment variables.
L152:     * This deployment uses mocked data &amp; api calls, and is used for demoing the product to clients.
L153:     * I prefix environment variables for this branch with `DEMO_`, and reduce them during the build to favor the ones with the prefix.
L154:   * `staging`
L155:     * Mostly like the `master` branch, except this is a permanent staging environment with its own domain name. This uses api calls against our testing database/backend.
L156:   * `production`
L157:     * This branch should trigger a &quot;production&quot; deployment. Same basic design as the `demo` branch, but uses production values, domain name, and api
L158: When I merge master into `staging`, `demo`, or `production`, I fast-forward only so the branches stay even. The problem I have is when I get multiple pull requests merged into `master`, the latest commit that winds up in `staging` / `production` are sometimes not the commit that changed the project that needs to be deployed. I&#39;m l…[truncated]</excerpt>
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<title>How do I use the &quot;Ignored Build Step&quot; field on Vercel? | Vercel Knowledge Base</title>
<location>https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-do-i-use-the-ignored-build-step-field-on-vercel</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Published: last year; Crawled: 3 months ago; # How do I use the &quot;Ignored Build Step&quot; field on Vercel? ... The platform performs a &quot;shallow clone&quot; with the command `git clone --depth=10 (...)`, to fetch ten levels of git commit history. ... Note: You can also use Node scripts (e.g. `node ignore-step.js`). ... To debug the Ignored Build Step commands locally, it is important to first use a folder that can replicate the setup available on Vercel.
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<title>Configuring a Build</title>
<location>https://vercel.com/docs/builds/configure-a-build</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Published: 9 months ago; Crawled: 7 months ago; During this time, Vercel performs a &quot;shallow clone&quot; on your Git repository using the command `git clone --depth=10 (...)` and fetches ten levels of git commit history. ... Vercel auto-detects the install command during the build step.
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Citations:

- 1: GitHub discussion 6087 in vercel/vercel (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
- 2: https://vercel.com/docs/builds/configure-a-build
- 3: https://vercel.com/kb/guide/how-do-i-use-the-ignored-build-step-field-on-vercel

Fetch the previous deployment commit before the main fallback.

When VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA names a commit outside the shallow clone, the script can select main as the base. The diff then includes every frontend change on the branch since it diverged from main. A later backend-only push can rebuild a preview that the previous deployment already covers. The fallback fails toward building, so this produces an extra build rather than a skipped deployment.

Fetch that commit when it is missing locally, then check it again:

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--- "a/frontend/scripts/vercel-ignore-build.sh"
+++ "b/frontend/scripts/vercel-ignore-build.sh"
@@ -9,11 +9,14 @@
 
 BASE=""
 
 if [ -n "${VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA:-}" ]; then
+  if ! git cat-file -e "${VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA}^{commit}" 2>/dev/null; then
+    git fetch --quiet --depth=1 origin "$VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
   if git cat-file -e "${VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA}^{commit}" 2>/dev/null; then
     BASE="$VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA"
   fi
 fi
 
 if [ -z "$BASE" ]; then
   git fetch --quiet --depth=100 origin main 2>/dev/null || true
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if [ -n "${VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA:-}" ]; then
if git cat-file -e "${VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA}^{commit}" 2>/dev/null; then
BASE="$VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA"
fi
if [ -n "${VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA:-}" ]; then
if ! git cat-file -e "${VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA}^{commit}" 2>/dev/null; then
git fetch --quiet --depth=1 origin "$VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA" 2>/dev/null || true
fi
if git cat-file -e "${VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA}^{commit}" 2>/dev/null; then
BASE="$VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA"
fi
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Review comment at @frontend/scripts/vercel-ignore-build.sh around lines 12 - 15:
In the VERCEL_GIT_PREVIOUS_SHA block, fetch the previous deployment commit from
origin when it is missing locally, then check whether it is available before
assigning it to BASE. Preserve the existing main fallback if the commit still
cannot be resolved.

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