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Posted by Michael Thomas
Michael Thomas
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How to use separate Git branches to deploy code to repository, then up to dev site, then to live site - using Beanstalk

I need help understanding how to use Git and separate branches to develop and deploy web sites.

Specifically I'd like someone to help me understand how you would use tools like Beanstalk and or deploybot, to deploy from the local server, to staging server, and then to the live server.

I would usually just git push straight from the master branch to Bitbucket and then deploybot would automatically pull those changes to the live server.

I'm confused about how I add a staging/development server into the equation. I don't mind doing some tutorials, I have plenty of time, I just need somebody who can point me in the right direction towards a more professional and modern workflow.

I'm guessing I would need to develop on a separate branch, called development, but can you do git push from that branch? Is that how Beanstalk would know that any changes to the development branch means that the changes go to the development server??

Please can you help?

Best wishes, Michael Thomas

Skype ID: mtwebink

P.S. I'm using Windows 8.1