Step 4: Adopting a Methodology

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Adopting a Methodology
- Implementing a Git Strategy
- Deploying to Production Continuously

Adopting a Methodology¶

Teaching is about repeating the same thing again and again. I won’t do that. I promise. At the end of each step, you should do a little dance and save your work. It is like Ctrl+S but for a website.

Implementing a Git Strategy¶

At the end of each step, don’t forget to commit your changes:

$ git add .
$ git commit -m'Add some new feature'

You can safely add “everything” as Symfony manages a .gitignore file for you. And each package can add more configuration. Have a look at the current content:

.gitignore¶

###> symfony/framework-bundle ###
/.env.local
/.env.local.php
/.env.*.local
/public/bundles/
/var/
/vendor/
###< symfony/framework-bundle ###

The funny strings are markers added by Symfony Flex so that it knows what to remove if you decide to uninstall a dependency. I told you, all the tedious work is done by Symfony, not you.

It could be nice to push your repository to a server somewhere. GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket are good choices.

If you are deploying on SymfonyCloud, you already have a copy of the Git repository, but you should not rely on it. It is only for deployment usage. It is not a backup.

Deploying to Production Continuously¶

Another good habit is to deploy frequently. Deploying at the end of each step is a good pace:

1	$ symfony deploy

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