Fix #1650 Replace search field with generated vector field

README.rst

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Install and run locally from a virtual environment
 #. For docs (next step requires ``gettext``)::
 
     python -m manage loaddata doc_releases
-    python -m manage update_docs --update-index
+    python -m manage update_docs
 
 #. For dashboard:
 
@@ -236,16 +236,8 @@ minified version of it to this directory.
 Documentation search
 --------------------
 
-When running ``python -m manage update_docs --update-index`` to build all
-documents it will also automatically index every document it builds in the
-search engine as well. In case you've already built the documents and would like
-to reindex the search index, run the command::
-
-    python -m manage update_index
-
-This is also the right command to run when you work on the search feature
-itself. You can pass the ``-d`` option to try to drop the search index
-first before indexing all the documents.
+When running ``python -m manage update_docs`` to build all documents it will
+also automatically index every document it builds in the search engine as well.
 
 Updating metrics from production
 --------------------------------

docker-entrypoint.dev.sh

@@ -12,6 +12,5 @@ python -m manage loaddata doc_releases
 python -m manage loaddata dashboard_production_metrics
 # python -m manage loaddata dashboard_example_data
 python -m manage update_metrics
-#python -m manage update_index
 
 exec "$@"

docs/management/commands/update_docs.py

@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ def add_arguments(self, parser):
             action="store_true",
             help="Ask before building each version",
         )
-        parser.add_argument(
-            "--update-index",
-            action="store_true",
-            dest="update_index",
-            default=False,
-            help="Also update the search vector field.",
-        )
         parser.add_argument(
             "--purge-cache",
             action="store_true",
@@ -98,25 +91,19 @@ def _get_doc_releases(self, versions, options):
 
     def handle(self, *versions, **kwargs):
         self.verbosity = kwargs["verbosity"]
-        self.update_index = kwargs["update_index"]
         self.purge_cache = kwargs["purge_cache"]
 
         self.default_builders = ["json", "djangohtml"]
 
         # Keep track of which Git sources have been updated, e.g.,
         # {'1.8': True} if the 1.8 docs updated.
         self.release_docs_changed = {}
-        # Only update the index if some docs rebuild.
-        self.update_index_required = False
 
         for release in self._get_doc_releases(versions, kwargs):
             self.build_doc_release(
                 release, force=kwargs["force"], interactive=kwargs["interactive"]
             )
 
-        if self.update_index_required:
-            call_command("update_index", **{"verbosity": self.verbosity})
-
         if self.purge_cache:
             changed_versions = {
                 version
@@ -172,8 +159,6 @@ def build_doc_release(self, release, force=False, interactive=False):
                 )
             return
 
-        self.update_index_required = self.update_index
-
         source_dir = checkout_dir.joinpath("docs")
 
         if release.lang != "en":
@@ -288,15 +273,6 @@ def zipfile_inclusion_filter(file_path):
         if release.is_default:
             self._setup_stable_symlink(release, built_dir)
 
-        #
-        # Rebuild the imported document list and search index.
-        #
-        if not self.update_index:
-            return
-
-        if self.verbosity >= 2:
-            self.stdout.write("  reindexing...")
-
         json_built_dir = parent_build_dir.joinpath("_built", "json")
         documents = gen_decoded_documents(json_built_dir)
         release.sync_to_db(documents)