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WordPress Genesis Theme Development Setup and Structure Version Control in the Cloud

Leigh Maher
Leigh Maher
21,830 Points
Posted by Leigh Maher
Leigh Maher
21,830 Points

Git init in the themes folder?

Jesse says to initiate git in the theme. Does he mean just the theme folder or the whole project folder? So, is it this:

project/

or just here: project/wp-content/themes/my-theme

1 Answer

Sara Greer
Sara Greer
16,032 Points
Sara Greer
Sara Greer
16,032 Points

It looks like he initialized git in his top directory, so in your example, project/. This will track changes to all files in the project, including WordPress core files, plugins, etc. Doesn't hurt to do it this way.

Leigh Maher
Leigh Maher
21,830 Points
Leigh Maher
Leigh Maher
21,830 Points

Thanks Sara. I initialized it in the top directory, but I also created a .gitignore file, and told it to ignore all but the wp-content folder. I didn't see the need to track anything outside this folder, plus I want to store it in the cloud, so I don't want the wp-config. php to be visible publicly.