Try: update form block - store the whole block

[enejb]

Do not merge!

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Proposed changes:

• Update the variation picker to create a new jetpack-form custom post type and add the ref attribute.
• Store the whole form block on the custom post type.
• Form innerblock as well as attributes get inherited from the custom post type.
• Limit the number

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Testing instructions:

• Enable feature flag:

  add_filter( 'jetpack_block_editor_feature_flags', function ( $features ) {
  	$features['reusable-forms'] = true;
  	return $features;
  } );

• Add a new form on a page
• Edit the form from within the form editor.

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[simison]

Suggested change

	{ __( 'Loading form...', 'jetpack-forms' ) }
	{ __( 'Loading form…', 'jetpack-forms' ) }

[simison]

reusable-forms

We should probably find some other term to describe these in code that refers more to mechanism how they're stored or synced, rather than a feature.