Go to the Plugins tab in the left sidebar.
![](https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/files/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-12-at-1.38.14-PM-1024x481.png)
Click Add New.
![](https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/files/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-12-at-1.38.29-PM.png)
Search for “gitsync”.
![](https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/files/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-12-at-1.38.57-PM-1024x334.png)
Install and activate the plugin. It should now show up in the left sidebar.
![](https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/files/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-12-at-1.39.28-PM-1024x838.png)
To add a theme, enter the GitHub repo URL for your theme and your personal access token. A success message will pop up if you enter in your info correctly.
If you don’t know how to create a personal access token, the Git and GitHub training contains instructions.
![](https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/files/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-12-at-1.43.06-PM-1024x235.png)
To sync using this plugin, we’ll need to create releases in GitHub.
![](https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/files/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-12-at-1.44.14-PM-1024x538.png)
On the repo’s page, click on “Releases”. Then click “Draft a new release”.
![](https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/files/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-12-at-1.45.34-PM-1024x420.png)
Follow these naming conventions:
– Name: release-YYYYMMDD (ex: release-20211213)
– Tag: YYYYMMDD (ex: 20211213)
![](https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/files/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-12-at-1.47.44-PM-1024x616.png)
Click Publish Release.
Go back to the Git Sync plugin and you should see the new release available in the Available Releases dropdown.
![](https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/files/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-04-12-at-1.48.37-PM-1024x418.png)
Select the release you want to sync to and click “Sync to this release”.