We are using GitHub with certain customer’s setups and want to programmatically change code, commit it via GitHub and check that the theme updated properly. I have tried with a test preview theme connected to a GitHub branch. The updatedAt field of the theme does not change at all unless a change is made in the visual editor. The processing field also never changes after doing git push to the branch. Am I missing something here?
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Hey @Jason_Tan, have you checked if querying the specific files you’ve changed have a more recent updated at timestamp? https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/theme#returns-OnlineStoreTheme.fields.files.nodes.updatedAt
Alternatively, if that doesn’t work you could add a comment when you push files, and then query the theme files themselves to ensure your updates have gone through.
You were right - individual files did have the right timestamp. Would recommend updating the docs! It’s not super intuitive that a file change would not be updating the theme.
Thanks for clarifying that worked Jason. I will pass that feedback on regarding the docs 