I am configuring Git along with my WP development environment, and I was wondering what should be tracked and what should be ignored. If it makes sense to track plugins and for WP core. Create one repo for both theme & plugins?
Common sense would suggest that tracking WP as a whole, is overkill and unuseful, as I am not involved in core development and updates; of course, I want to track my theme/child-theme folder where my work is. Plugins?
So I wonder what is the suggested setup, how many repositories and what to track/ignore
References:
How should I structure a WP website project using git and updating from WP dashboard?
What is the best way to setup wordpress development environment for freelancers with version control?
Basically ignore everything except your theme folder and custom plugins. sample .gitignore:
wp-admin/
wp-includes/
.htaccess
index.php
license.txt
liesmich.html
readme.html
wp-activate.php
wp-blog-header.php
wp-comments-post.php
wp-config.php
wp-config-sample.php
wp-config-stage.php
wp-config-live.php
wp-config-dev.php
wp-config-production.php
wp-cron.php
wp-links-opml.php
wp-load.php
wp-login.php
wp-mail.php
wp-settings.php
wp-signup.php
wp-trackback.php
xmlrpc.php
config/
wp-content/plugins/
wp-content/mu-plugins/
wp-content/languages/
wp-content/uploads/
wp-content/upgrade/
wp-content/themes/*
# don't ignore the theme you're using
!wp-content/themes/yourthemename
This makes the most sense when used together with composer for installing wordpress and plugins.
