Update docs

scripts/update-docs-branch.js

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+const proc = require('child_process');
+const read = cmd => proc.execSync(cmd, { encoding: 'utf8' }).trim();
+const run = cmd => {
+  proc.execSync(cmd, { stdio: 'inherit' });
+};
+const tryRead = cmd => {
+  try {
+    return read(cmd);
+  } catch (e) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+};
+
+const releaseBranchRegex = /^release-v(?<version>(?<major>\d+)\.(?<minor>\d+)(?:\.(?<patch>\d+))?)$/;
+
+const currentBranch = read('git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD');
+const match = currentBranch.match(releaseBranchRegex);
+
+if (!match) {
+  console.error('Not currently on a release branch');
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const current = match.groups;
+const docsBranch = `docs-v${current.major}.x`;
+
+// Fetch remotes and find the docs branch if it exists
+run('git fetch --all --no-tags');
+const matchingDocsBranches = tryRead(`git rev-parse --glob='*/${docsBranch}'`);
+
+if (!matchingDocsBranches) {
+  // Create the branch
+  run(`git checkout --orphan ${docsBranch}`);
+} else {
+  const [publishedRef, ...others] = new Set(matchingDocsBranches.split('\n'));
+  if (others.length > 0) {
+    console.error(
+      `Found conflicting ${docsBranch} branches.\n` +
+        'Either local branch is outdated or there are multiple matching remote branches.',
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+  const publishedVersion = JSON.parse(read(`git show ${publishedRef}:package.json`)).version;
+  const publishedMinor = publishedVersion.match(/\d+\.(?<minor>\d+)\.\d+/).groups.minor;
+  if (current.minor < publishedMinor) {
+    console.error('Refusing to update docs: newer version is published');
+    process.exit(0);
+  }
+
+  run('git checkout --quiet --detach');
+  run(`git reset --soft ${publishedRef}`);
+  run(`git checkout ${docsBranch}`);
+}
+
+run('npm run prepare-docs');
+run('git add -f docs'); // --force needed because generated docs files are gitignored
+run('git commit -m "Update docs"');
+run(`git checkout ${currentBranch}`);