Add release older version deploy flag

scripts/deploy/deploy.rb

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 @step_index = 1
 @is_dry_run = false
 @deploy_branch = 'master'
+@is_older_version = false
 
 def execute_steps(steps, step_index)
   step_count = steps.length
@@ -55,6 +56,11 @@ def execute_steps(steps, step_index)
   opts.on('--branch BRANCH', "Branch to deploy from") do |t|
       @deploy_branch = t
   end
+
+  opts.on('--release-older-version', "Indicates you are not releasing the newest version of stripe-android.") do |t|
+      @is_older_version = t
+  end
+
 end.parse!
 
 steps = [

scripts/deploy/update_dokka.rb

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 require_relative 'common'
 
 def generate_dokka()
+    if (@is_older_version)
+        rputs "Skipping updating dokka because this release is for an older version."
+        return
+    end
+
     dokka_change_description = "Generate dokka for #{@version}"
 
     begin

scripts/deploy/update_pay_server_docs.rb

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 require_relative 'common'
 
 def update_pay_server_docs()
+    if (@is_older_version)
+        rputs "Skipping updating pay server docs because this release is for an older version."
+        return
+    end
+
     puts 'Ensuring pay-server repo is up-to-date.'
     begin
         execute_or_fail("git -C ../pay-server checkout master")

scripts/deploy/validate_version_number.rb

@@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ def get_current_version()
 def validate_target_version_is_newer(target_version)
     current_version = get_current_version()
     if !target_version_is_newer(target_version, current_version)
-        raise "Expected target version #{target_version} to be newer than #{current_version}."
+        raise "Expected target version #{target_version} to be newer than #{current_version}. If
+         the new version number is intentionally older, pass the `--release-older-version` flag to
+         the deploy script."
     end
 end
 
 def validate_version_number()
     validate_version_number_format(@version)
-    validate_target_version_is_newer(@version)
+    if (!@is_older_version)
+        validate_target_version_is_newer(@version)
+    end
 end