Docs: Added a note about the update API not supporting external versioning

Closes #12820
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Clinton Gormley 2016-03-10 12:33:14 +01:00
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@ -251,5 +251,15 @@ sure the document doesn't change during the update. You can use the `version`
parameter to specify that the document should only be updated if its version
matches the one specified. By setting version type to `force` you can force
the new version of the document after update (use with care! with `force`
there is no guarantee the document didn't change).Version types `external` &
`external_gte` are not supported.
there is no guarantee the document didn't change).
[NOTE]
.The update API does not support external versioning
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External versioning (version types `external` & `external_gte`) is not
supported by the update API as it would result in Elasticsearch version
numbers being out of sync with the external system. Use the
<<docs-index,`index` API>> instead.
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