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Re: Git Deployment Multiple Existing Environments

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TKThomas Koch <thomas@koch.ro>
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Sep 1, 2015, 08:34 UTC
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On Tuesday, September 01, 2015 09:50:45 AM Sukhwinder Singh wrote:
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> Hello,
> I am kind of new to Git and I have a question regarding using Git for a
> website. I have searched a lot but haven't found a solution yet. We
> already have 3-4 environments setup on our Windows servers without Git and
> each environment already has code which is different from each other.
> 
> There are three environments
> Live
> UAT
> Test (has the latest code)
> 
> 
> And then developers have their local copies.
> 
> We write and test the code locally and manually move each point from one
> environment to other using merging software and test at each environment.
> Now we want to use git because manually moving the code is a lengthy
> process. Also as the developers have local copies, it is very difficult to
> manage code.
> 
> Code is written locally by the team and then after testing locally it is
> first merged with "Test" environment code, then "UAT" and then, finally
> with "Live". So we have two concerns:
> 
> There is different code already existing on these environments.
> Testing the code on each environment using the web server.
> 
> What is the best way to go about it? As I am new to git more details will
> be helpful, like commands to use.
> 
> Thanks, 		 	   		  --

There are douzends of different git deployment scripts on github from minimal to multi-data-center-enterprise-grade. I wrote this one for my workplace:

https://github.com/comsolit/comsolit_deploy
The README contains links to alternative solutions.
Thomas Koch
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