Confluence version history

Question

It's nice to have a version history in Confluence. However a new version has been created every time when the document is edited and saved. I'm looking more for a "release" history. Assume I have version 1.0 of my document/page. Then I edit and save the page a couple of times before I'm ready with "release" 1.1. I need something to link a version to a release number and then have an automated release history.

Is there a way to do do something like that in Confluence?

Answer 1

I guess Scroll Versions plugin from K15t Software could be one possible solution for versioning and release management of wiki pages within Confluence. https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-versions

P.S. I know it is tad old question, but I think someone else may need this info.

Answer 2

A method I have seen used is to attach a file to a page, change the document and upload with the same name multiple times, then change the link on the page when the version changes.

Usually a link to an attached document always references the highest version like this:

[^list.docx]

[ and ] mark the start and end of the link ^ to the right of [ refers to an attachment on the current page and the rest is the name of the attachment which resolves to a hyperlink of:

http://wiki.server.name/download/attachments/464233765/list.docx

From the page the full url is more specific:

http://wiki.server.name/download/attachments/464233765/list.docx?version=1&modificationDate=1406619789890

Refer to Tools > Attachments for a list of file version numbers.

Edit the page.

Create a link to the 'next' version with appropriate link text.

[list.docx V2.1|///download/attachments/464233765/list.docx?version=6]

[list.docx V3.0|///download/attachments/464233765/list.docx?version=9]

[list.docx V3.1|///download/attachments/464233765/list.docx?version=11]