What Is Version Control?

HUH????

ONLY BETTER!!!!!

Does this look familiar?

Then you have used a form 

of Version control!

Advantages of Keeping only theme/plugin in GIT

disADVANTAGES OF KEEPING ONLY THEME/PLUGIN IN GIT

ADVANTAGES OF KEEPING 

Whole wordpress IN GIT

disADVANTAGES OF KEEPING 

WHOLE WORDPRESS IN GIT

The .gitignore file

# Exclude these files from the git repo
wp-content/upgrade/*
wp-content/uploads/*
sitemap.*
wp-config.php (optional)
# ...wp-content/backup, wp-content/cache, etc.

# Hidden system files
*.DS_Store
*[Tt]humbs.db
*.Trashes

# Include these files in previously blocked directories
!wp-content/uploads/.htaccess

Why I say wp-config.php is optional

//  ============================
//  = Custom Environment Setup =
//  ============================

$environments = array(
    'local' => 'mysite.local',
    'development' => 'dev.mycoolsite.com',
    'production' => 'www.mycoolsite.com
);

$server_name = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
 
foreach($environments AS $key => $env){
    if(strstr($server_name, $env)){
        define('ENVIRONMENT', $key);
        break;
    }
}
 
// If no environment is set default to production
if(!defined('ENVIRONMENT')) define('ENVIRONMENT', 'development');

switch(ENVIRONMENT){
    case 'local':
        define('DB_NAME', 'myCoolSite');
        define('DB_USER', 'root');
        define('DB_PASSWORD', 'root');
        define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
        define('WP_DEBUG', true);
        $table_prefix  = 'wp_';
        break;
 
    case 'development':
        ....
    break;
    
    case 'production':
        ....
    break;
}

CAUTION!!!!!!

Git Commands

Aliases!!!!!!