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notACMS 1.1.1 — Deploy respects existing content

1.1.1 fixes a bug where ./notACMS deploy --prod would overwrite existing local/ content. Deploy now only seeds when local/ is missing or empty — matching ddev build behaviour.

Frontmatter-driven navigation labels

Navigation labels for content pages now come from frontmatter — not translation keys. Set menu.label in any page's frontmatter and it becomes the label in the navigation; omit it and the page title is used as fallback.

---
title: "Architecture guide"
slug: "architecture-guide"
menu:
  label: "Architecture"
  weight: 30
---

New content_item() Twig function resolves any content page by directory key:

{{ content_item('architecture-guide', 'en').menuLabel() }}
{# → "Architecture" (or the page title if menu.label is absent) #}

Why this matters: Previously every locale's messages.*.yaml had to duplicate translations for nav.home, nav.blog, nav.about, nav.contact, nav.privacy_policy (core) and site.releases, site.about, site.manual, site.architecture, site.customization, site.locales, site.design_reference, site.contact (demo). Adding a page meant updating N translation files. Now it's one frontmatter field. Custom templates referencing the removed keys should switch to content_item('key', locale).menuLabel().

Deploy no longer overwrites existing local/

The bug

Running ./notACMS deploy --prod would back up and replace your entire local/ directory with docs/demo/ on every deploy — even when it already contained your content, templates, and customisations. The seed logic didn't distinguish between "user explicitly requested a theme re-seed" and "user just wants to redeploy with existing content."

The fix

Deploy now works exactly like ddev build:

  • No --bare / --demo flag → seeds local/ only if it's missing or empty; skips if it has content.
  • --bare or --demo passed explicitly → backs up existing local/ and seeds the chosen theme.
./notACMS deploy --prod          # preserves existing local/
./notACMS deploy --prod --demo   # forces re-seed from docs/demo/
./notACMS deploy --prod --bare   # forces re-seed from docs/bare/

--prod now only controls Composer flags (--no-dev) and the runtime environment (APP_ENV=prod). It never touches local/.

Also in 1.1.1

  • Dependency bump: symfony/polyfill-* packages updated from v1.36.0 to v1.37.0.
  • Polish, German, and French demo content reviewed and improved across all pages and blog posts.
  • Translation style guides added to the AI-agent skill system for Polish, German, and French to ensure consistent quality in future translations.

Full changelog

Every change with its category: CHANGELOG.md.

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