WordPress & Git

Intro

• My name is Treighton
• Developer @ Page Design Group
• I work mostly in PHP building plugins and custom functionality for WordPress sites.
• You can find me online twitter @treighton1988
• I am not a designer as you can probably tell by my slides (sorry…)

Caveats

• There is no “One true path” for using git with WordPress.
• The workflow presented is Page Design Group’s actual workflow
• You are free to use this workflow or modify it to better suit your team.

What is git?

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

-Source https://git-scm.com/

Why use git?

• Track Changes, when they happened, and who made them.
• Revert to different versions if needed
• Develop in parallel using branches
• Easier to collaborate with Other Developers

Why is git different with WordPress?

It isn’t really that much different...but there are some unique difficulties.

Brief Tutorial (what i will cover)

• Setup (installing git & local repo)
• GUI vs CLI (Github, Sourcetree, Git Kraken)
• Determining what to commit (setting up .gitignore, config-local.php)
• Creating remote repositories (github, gitlab, bitbucket)
• Dealing with the DB (useful plugins, SQL Queries)
• Basic Git commands (Clone, Branch, Stage, Commit)

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Setup (for projects without a repo)

1. Install git. https://git-scm.com/download
2. Move to your project folder, and initialize a local git repository

Setup (cloning from existing repo)

• Install git. https://git-scm.com/download
• Move to where you want the project cloned to, and and use the command git clone

What to commit / .gitignore

Local & Production config.php

Local & Production config.php

Remote Repositories

Linking local and remote together

git remote add origin {link to remote repo}�git add .�git commit�git push -u origin master

Basic Git Commands

git clone�git init�git add .�git commit�git push <remote> <branch>

“you need to git up, git out and git somethin”

- From an expert (OutKast)

Q&A

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Page Design Group

1900 29th st

Sacramento, CA 95816

Treighton@pagedesigngroup.com

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