{"id":8441,"date":"2022-04-12T18:51:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/?p=8441"},"modified":"2022-04-12T18:51:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T18:51:22","slug":"using-git-sync-wp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sites.la.utexas.edu\/kb\/2022\/04\/12\/using-git-sync-wp\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Git Sync (WP)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Go to the Plugins tab in the left sidebar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click Add New.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Search for “gitsync”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Install and activate the plugin. It should now show up in the left sidebar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To add a theme, enter the GitHub repo URL for your theme and your personal access token. <\/em>A success message will pop up if you enter in your info correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don’t know how to create a personal access token, the Git and GitHub training<\/a> contains instructions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To sync using this plugin, we’ll need to create releases<\/strong> in GitHub.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the repo’s page, click on “Releases”. Then click “Draft a new release”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Follow these naming conventions:
– Name: release-YYYYMMDD (ex: release-20211213)
– Tag: YYYYMMDD (ex: 20211213)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click Publish Release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go back to the Git Sync plugin and you should see the new release available in the Available Releases dropdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Select the release you want to sync to and click “Sync to this release”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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