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Upgrading react-redux 5 to 6

Breaking5.1.2 → 6.0.1Breaking4Platform1New1Changed6Fixed4Other1

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3 breaking changes and a platform requirement change.

In plain terms
  • You can no longer hand a store directly to a connected component as a prop; pass a custom context to Provider and the component instead.
  • The old option for getting a ref to the wrapped component is gone; use the new option instead.
  • Third-party libraries that grabbed the store from the old React context will stop working.
  • This version works with React 16.4 and newer again, instead of requiring a stricter React version.
Must act 4 items need code or config changes

Drops react-lifecycles-compat.

Installs 8 packages in all (was 9).

What you must change

Breaking3
Removes support for passing store as a prop to a connected component; use a custom context prop instead.
storecontextProviderconnect
6.0.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Replaces the withRef option to connect with forwardRef.
connectwithRefforwardRef
6.0.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Libraries reading the store from legacy context break because store state is now placed in a <Context.Provider>.
Context.Providerconnected-react-routerreact-redux-subspace
6.0.0GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source
Platform1
Relaxes the React peer dependency back to 16.4 and above.
6.0.0-beta.2GitHub ReleaseSummarizedView source