feat: opt-in Less v5 alpha (experimental) in the version switcher - #30
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Surfaces the npm alpha dist-tag as a labeled experimental entry. A prerelease loads the dedicated dev browser bundle (dist/less-browser-dev.js) instead of the Node-only default entry; it defines window.less with the same render API, so the compile path is unchanged. Stable latest stays the default.
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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to The version switcher adds experimental prereleases and a dedicated browser bundle, but current fallback and initial-load error paths can make an experimental version the default or hide the failure message when a saved prerelease cannot load. The change is otherwise localized and mergeable with explicit follow-up on these bounded issues. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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In `@src/components/Header.vue`:
- Line 43: Update the fallback selection in the Header component after
publishedVersions is modified by unshift so it chooses the first stable
published version rather than defaulting to the prepended alpha entry when
data.tags?.latest is unavailable or filtered out. Preserve the existing
latest-tag selection behavior.
- Around line 42-43: Update the first-load handling in init(), fetchLess(), and
the related onerror path so a restored alpha activeVersion without an existing
lessScript still records versionSelectFail and invokes showTip(); alternatively,
fall back to a stable published version before loading. Preserve the existing
behavior for valid stable versions and normal prerelease selection.
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| if (alpha && !publishedVersions.includes(alpha)) { | ||
| publishedVersions.unshift(alpha); |
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
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rg -n "fetchVersions|fetchLess|firstLoad|versionSelectFail|activeVersion|publishedVersions|lessScript|showTip" src/components/Header.vue src -g '*.vue' -g '*.js' -g '*.ts' -g '*.tsx' 2>/dev/null | head -200Repository: less/less-preview
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Handle first-load prerelease failures. When a saved hash restores store.activeVersion to an alpha, fetchVersions() preserves it and init() calls fetchLess() without an existing lessScript. The resulting firstLoad value is true, so onerror skips versionSelectFail and showTip(). Set the failure state and show the load-failure tip for this path, or fall back to a stable version.
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In `@src/components/Header.vue` around lines 42 - 43, Update the first-load
handling in init(), fetchLess(), and the related onerror path so a restored
alpha activeVersion without an existing lessScript still records
versionSelectFail and invokes showTip(); alternatively, fall back to a stable
published version before loading. Preserve the existing behavior for valid
stable versions and normal prerelease selection.
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| // Kept out of the default so stable (`latest`) stays the landing version. | ||
| const alpha = data.tags?.alpha; | ||
| if (alpha && !publishedVersions.includes(alpha)) { | ||
| publishedVersions.unshift(alpha); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Keep the fallback stable.
After publishedVersions.unshift(alpha) at Line 43, the existing fallback at Line 49 returns the alpha version when data.tags?.latest is absent or excluded by the one-per-minor filter. The app can then start on an experimental version instead of the required stable default. Select the fallback from stable entries.
Proposed fix
+ const stableVersions = publishedVersions.filter(v => !v.includes("-"));
const latest = data.tags?.latest;
- const defaultVersion = (latest && publishedVersions.includes(latest))
+ const defaultVersion = (latest && stableVersions.includes(latest))
? latest
- : publishedVersions[0];
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In `@src/components/Header.vue` at line 43, Update the fallback selection in the
Header component after publishedVersions is modified by unshift so it chooses
the first stable published version rather than defaulting to the prepended alpha
entry when data.tags?.latest is unavailable or filtered out. Preserve the
existing latest-tag selection behavior.
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review. Visit https://docs.coderabbit.ai/cli.
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Surfaces the npm
alphadist-tag as a labeled "(experimental)" entry at the top of the version switcher. Stablelateststays the default.A prerelease loads the dedicated dev browser bundle —
https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/less@<version>/dist/less-browser-dev.js— instead of the Node-only default entry that a browser<script>cannot execute. That bundle defineswindow.lesswith the samerender(input, options, callback)API as 4.x, so the compile path inApp.vueis unchanged.Alphas published before that file existed (≤
5.0.0-alpha.2) 404 and show the existing load-fail tip without bricking the page; it lights up on the next alpha publish (less/less.js#4516, #4519).Verified locally in a browser: 4.x still compiles the sample; the alpha entry appears and, pointed at a locally-built bundle, compiles through the unchanged
updateVuepath.