Testing branch from fork in MILO

[draganatrajkovic]

How can I test the branch which is on fork?
my fork: draganatrajkovic
my branch: MWPW-125487-header_fontSize_for_howTo
I tried to replace 'https://main--milo...' with 'https://draganatrajkovic-MWPW-125487-header_fontSize_for_howTo--milo...'
but didn't work.

[honstar]

AFAIK, testing branches on milo forks is not supported. Instead, you need to push your branch to the milo repo. Then you can use the branch name to test like so:

https://<branch_name>--milo--adobecom.hlx.page

See also https://github.com/adobecom/milo/blob/main/README.md for some more details on how to use the milolibs query parameter.

[tamanyan]

Yes, I did. @honstar Did you install helix-bot?

https://<branch_name>--<repo>--<username>.hlx.page

would be the test url

[draganatrajkovic]

Yes, this works! Thank you @vhargrave @tamanyan

[auniverseaway]

Milo's decision engine allows forks

Things to note:

1. You need to make sure the github bot is installed (as @vhargrave said above).
2. If you put funny things (underscores, forward slashes) in your branch name, expect odd results.
   1. Underscores are not supported in domain names, so you should avoid them.
   2. Forward slashes (cmillar/my-branch-name) should follow github's conversion rules: cmillar-my-branch-name.
3. ?milolibs=your-branch-name--your-milo-fork--your-own-username is 100% supported.

[overmyheadandbody]

Just a final note, because I've stumbled into this a while back: make sure your <branch>--<repo>--<owner> combination does not exceed 63 characters, otherwise you'll see some issues. This is documented here.

[honstar]

I stand corrected. Love the support for forks 👍

[sukamat]

For reference, here is a thread with detailed steps on how to use forks with Milo : #388

HTH.