Updating and Reloading

There are three related admin actions you will use a lot:

• reload
• update
• switch-branch <branch> or default-branch

reload

Use reload when you have already changed files on disk and want the running robot to re-read configuration.

update

Use update when the running robot should git pull its custom repository and then reload.

This is the common production flow:

1. make and test changes locally
2. commit and push them
3. tell the production robot to update

Branch-aware workflows

switch-branch <branch> and default-branch are useful when you want a fast test-and-rollback cycle on a live robot without manually logging into the host and editing its checkout.

Good habit

Prefer testing significant changes on a local robot first. update is great for safe rollouts, not for discovering syntax mistakes in front of your whole team.