Dev env practice
By Jay on Saturday, 28 July 2018
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Hey there,
I wanted to ask if you have a recommendation for how to create a good development env. I are used to create a backup and install it on a sub domain, and then do some work there.

I would love to hear what you think, or if you have a recommendation on tools to do that

Best,
Itamar
Hey Itamar,

Having the backup and restore method would be the most ideal solution because it's less hassle but it's slower though. We use a git repository for setting up our development instances but it's tricky because you would need to run the SQL queries when there are changes.
Mark
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Sunday, 29 July 2018 11:22
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Thank you so much!
Follow up question: if I backup the website, use the backup to create a dev env, and then do some work (change menus ect.) Can I back the dev env, and unpack it in the live website? or would this will delete all the user content that have been created in between?

Thanks!
Itamar
Jay
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Thursday, 02 August 2018 18:58
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No unfortunately because once you branch it out, your data is already out of sync, unless there are no changes made on your live site.
Mark
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Friday, 03 August 2018 02:59
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