fix: do not trigger redlist species timestamp automatically

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.4.1
+
+* Do not automatically update the Redlist species timestamp.
+* Add docs in readme on how to trigger a timestamp update.
+
 ## 1.4.0
 
 * Automate update of Redlist Species last updated timestamp by using a dotfile

README.md

@@ -82,3 +82,9 @@ fails for some reason. The deployment TASK hook has this functionality.
 
 * Ensure you have the latest `main` with `git checkout main; git pull origin main`
 * Deploy with `bundle exec cap production deploy TASK=import:refresh`
+
+## Update Redlist species timestamp
+
+To update the timestmap, just run `bundle exec rake import:update_redlist_timestamp`
+on the server. You can also run `bundle exec cap production deploy TASK=import:update_redlist_timestamp`
+to do this from your own machine, but it will include a new deploy.

lib/tasks/import_new_redlist_data.rake

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ namespace :import do
       import_for_countries
       import_for_regions
     end
-    RedlistSpeciesLastUpdated.touch!
   end
 
   desc 'import habitats occurrences'
@@ -27,6 +26,11 @@ namespace :import do
     end
   end
 
+  desc 'update Redlist species last updated timestamp'
+  task update_redlist_timestamp: [:environment] do
+    RedlistSpeciesLastUpdated.touch!
+  end
+
   def import_for_countries
     species_filename = 'lib/data/iucn_redlist/country_species.csv'
     prev_iso = nil