Cutting Edge Code

Introduction

Gibbon is released in two different ways, according to our release cycle and road map:

Installation

During installation, your Gibbon code will check its version against our servers, and determine whether it is stable or cutting edge code. You cannot change this choice through the interface (and it is not recommended to change it via Inspect Element or some other means).

If you are using Cutting Edge code, before installing Gibbon you will need to first install PHP’s dependency manager, Composer, on your server. Follow the Getting Started guides on the Composer website for more instructions about how to do this.

Using composer, navigate to your root Gibbon folder and run the composer install command once to install all required libraries. You can also run composer install --no-dev to exclude any libraries that are used solely for development and testing.

Updating

The update procedure for stable and cutting edge code is nearly the same: the only variable is where you download the software from. Composer Update After updating a Cutting Edge code installation, you may see a message that composer needs to be updated. To do this, navigate to your root Gibbon folder and run the composer install command once to install or update the libraries in your vendor folder.

Contributors to this page : rossdotparker