diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docs_on_branch.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docs_on_branch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3713226da79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docs_on_branch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: BR
+## this action is here only for the development phase of docarray v2
+## it will be removed once the new version is released
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - feat-rewrite-v2
+      - test-build-doc
+
+jobs:
+
+  deploy-to-netlify:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - run: |
+          echo "BRANCH_NAME=${{ github.head_ref }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.5.0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.7
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: '14'
+      - name: Build and Deploy
+        run: |
+          npm i -g netlify-cli
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          python -m pip install wheel
+          python -m pip install poetry
+          cd ..
+          python -m poetry config virtualenvs.create false && python -m poetry install --no-interaction --no-ansi --all-extras
+
+          cd docs
+          export NUM_RELEASES=2 # only 2 last tags to save build time
+          bash makedoc.sh 
+          netlify deploy --dir=_build/dirhtml --alias="ft-${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}" --message="Deploying docs to ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }} branch"
+        env:
+          NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN1 }}
+          NETLIFY_SITE_ID: ${{ secrets.NETLIFY_SITE_ID }}
+        working-directory: docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_only_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_only_pr.yml
index 4bdf72a0d0d..b67a8c0af90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_only_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_only_pr.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 name: PR
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - feat-rewrite-v2
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
 
@@ -36,9 +33,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: |
           echo "BRANCH_NAME=${{ github.head_ref }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2.5.0
-        with:
-          repository: jina-ai/docarray
-          ref: ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: 3.7
@@ -48,7 +42,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and Deploy
         run: |
           npm i -g netlify-cli
-          git fetch origin
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r requirements.txt
           python -m pip install wheel
@@ -56,7 +49,6 @@ jobs:
           cd ..
           python -m poetry config virtualenvs.create false && python -m poetry install --no-interaction --no-ansi --all-extras
 
-          git fetch origin
           cd docs
           export NUM_RELEASES=2 # only 2 last tags to save build time
           bash makedoc.sh