Yes, if you are asked to create a feature branch, do that. If you already have code in your IDE, you may have the main branch. Creating a branch, you’ll create a copy of the code separate from the main branch, then make your commits to that feature branch.
I don’t know Dreamweaver at all, but it certainly has the ability to know when an underlying file has changed, yes? Suppose you open an html file in Dreamweaver. Suppose you open it also in vim or TextWrangler; were you to save it in vim or TextWrangler, would it throw an alert to reload the … Read more
I don’t exclude very much with some occasional exceptions. Folders that contain backups (mostly sql). Sometimes the .htaccess and wp-config.php file depending if it is being pushed to a remote repo. Video files or really large amounts of binary stuff ( I typically don’t wildcard add anything in the /uploads folder, if I want to … Read more
This question has been answered before and therefore should likely be marked and closed as duplicate. In short, it is viable, of course, for example we use Git to version control development of our sites. We control the versioning of the database somewhat differently in the form of incremental backups outside of the git workflow. … Read more
As expected, there is a JSON API. Just had to dig a lot in the codex! https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress.org_API#Plugins
You need to change “Theme Name”, “Theme URI”, and “Version” in style.css file of anotherDuenaTheme so that it does not give update notifications belonging to original Duena Theme. Please refer the guidelines here
To make changes in live site with local install you need to setup a synchronization system. which synchronize static files and database files. You can use Git for version control. Here is a great article for Sync A Local and A Remote WordPress Blog using version control.
If I’m working on whole project for a client (WP install + custom theme + plugins), I put everything in one repository. My thinking is that I created one “solution” based on WP + some existing plugins + my added code, and thus I should track it as one solution. When WP or a plugin … Read more
The most prudent way is to use a staging server. The workflow would be: DVCS (git, mercurial) Remote repository for multiple users (self hosted, github, bitbucket, etc,). Staging server, push master files to. If all is good send the files from staging to live. Some Notes: Have only one/two people actually manage the master push … Read more
Templates are only stored as files in the file system. They are not stored in the database so there is no core functionality for versioning template files. When you make changes, the file is overwritten with the changes. The easiest route would be to use an existing version control solution (SVN,CVS,Git,Hg, etc.) and maintain the … Read more