Editorial Workflow is not available for the Gitea backend.

By default, all entries created or edited in Static CMS are committed directly into the main repository branch.

The publish_mode option allows you to enable “Editorial Workflow” mode for more control over the content publishing phases. The unpublished entries will be arranged on a dashboard, in Static CMS, according to their status (Draft, Ready for Review, Ready To Publish). This allows for quick access to unpublished entries, allowing them to be reviewed and edited before going live.

You can enable the Editorial Workflow with the following line in your config.yml file:

publish_mode: editorial_workflow

publish_mode: 'editorial_workflow';

From a technical perspective, the workflow translates editor UI actions into common Git commands: