Title: WordPress workflow using version control?
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# WordPress workflow using version control?

 *  [wyclef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wyclef/)
 * (@wyclef)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-workflow-using-version-control/)
 * Hi, I’d like to start using version control for WordPress sites and think I like
   sourcetree/bitbucket but am confused about what a proper workflow is. Do people
   just out their theme in a repository or do you add the entire wordpress build
   plus theme or do you do a hybrid where you maybe do theme and possibly your config
   file? Wondering what to do here, can a yone point me in the right direction?

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-workflow-using-version-control/#post-17066926)
 * Do you want your theme hosted in the WP theme repository? If so, you would [submit your theme for review](https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/review/)
   by uploading a .zip file of only the theme files you’d use for distribution. 
   Do not include supplemental build configurations, etc. For further guidance, 
   download any example theme from the repository to see what is in their .zip file.
   Do similarly. Your workflow to get to that point where you upload a .zip file
   is up to you. Do whatever works best for you (and the rest of your dev team if
   applicable).
 * If you want your theme hosted elsewhere, follow that host’s requirements.
 *  Thread Starter [wyclef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wyclef/)
 * (@wyclef)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-workflow-using-version-control/#post-17066994)
 * Not looking to have the theme in wp repository. Coukd be nice to have it hooked
   up to wp theme updater.
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [wyclef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wyclef/).
 *  [Alan Fuller](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanfuller/)
 * (@alanfuller)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-workflow-using-version-control/#post-17067066)
 * What problem are you trying to solve?
   There have been several attempts ( that
   seems to have died ) to try and put the whole of WP ( inc database ) under git
   vcs, but that is difficult as git is really designed for source code not database
   content.To me the git is for code.In therms of deployment, there are some solutions
   out there or you can add git to your server and use git hooks ( post-receive )
   and when you push to deploy.
 *  Thread Starter [wyclef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wyclef/)
 * (@wyclef)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-workflow-using-version-control/#post-17067087)
 * i am mainly interested in something for my own personal workflow. I currently
   use Mamp for my localhost dev but am just sort of primatively archiving theme
   revisions manually. It works fine but kind of want to feel of modern times here
   and not some old dinosaur.

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 * Last reply from: [wyclef](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wyclef/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-workflow-using-version-control/#post-17067087)
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