Deploy CenterWords used in the app, the CLI and these docs.
Auto-deploy#
The platform builds and deploys on every push to the repo. Deploy Center turns it off, so builds happen only when you start them.
Git connection (Vercel)#
The link between a Vercel project and its GitHub repo. It is what makes Vercel build on push. Deploy Center removes it to turn auto-deploy off and writes down the repo and branch in ~/.config/deploys/vercel-repos.json first.
Auto-Deploy setting (Render)#
A per-service setting on Render: On Commit, After CI Checks Pass, or Off. Deploy Center sets it to Off (autoDeployTrigger: off in the API and in render.yaml).
Production branch#
The branch whose newest commit goes live, usually main. For Vercel it is saved as ref in vercel-repos.json. For Render it is the service's branch.
Preview deployment#
A Vercel deployment with its own URL that does not replace production. deploys vercel deploy my-project --preview, or Preview in the app's right-click menu.
Rollback#
Production goes back to the deploy that was live before the current one. Deploy Center skips an older deploy of the same commit, so a rollback really changes what is live.
Ignored Build Step#
A Vercel project setting (Settings → Git → Ignored Build Step) with a command that decides whether a build runs. If the command exits with 0, Vercel skips the build. In a monorepo, git diff --quiet HEAD^ HEAD -- . skips a build when nothing in the project's folder changed. The app then says "Skipped or canceled by Vercel (Ignored Build Step?)".
Blueprint#
Render's infrastructure as code: services described in a render.yaml in the repo. With auto-sync on, Render applies the file again on a push, which can turn auto-deploy back on. Add autoDeployTrigger: off to each service in the file.
Deploy hook#
A secret URL that starts a deploy when something calls it, for example a GitHub workflow. It works without auto-deploy, so it can keep building after auto-deploy is off. deploys triggers looks for workflows that call one.
Build minutes#
What Vercel and Render charge for building. Every push with auto-deploy on costs a build per connected project.
Live commit#
The commit of the deploy that is live now.
Branch head#
The newest commit of the production branch on GitHub. Read with the GitHub CLI (gh).
Changed / New changes#
A project whose live commit is not the branch head. See Numbers explained for the exact rule.
Commits waiting, PRs waiting#
How many commits and merged pull requests are on the branch but not live. See Numbers explained.
Daily deploy#
Deploying everything with changes once a day: Select all changed and Deploy in the app, or deploys deploy-changed --yes.
Start lock#
A second start of the same project within a minute is refused, from the app and the CLI alike, so two quick clicks do not pay for two builds.
Ignored project#
A project left out of changed and deploy-changed: deploys ignore my-project, undone with deploys ignore my-project --undo.
Hidden project#
A row hidden in the app. Hidden projects are listed in Settings, where Show brings them back.
Demo mode#
Settings → Demo mode replaces project names and domains, for screenshots.
GitHub budget#
GitHub's hourly limit of API calls for your login. Under 300 left, Deploy Center reads only the branch heads. deploys github-budget shows what is left.