{"id":289,"date":"2020-11-11T21:50:07","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T21:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/?post_type=help&p=289"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:18:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:18:36","slug":"developing-with-local-and-github","status":"publish","type":"help","link":"https:\/\/localwp.com\/help-docs\/advanced\/developing-with-local-and-github\/","title":{"rendered":"Develop with Local and GitHub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Local makes it easy for you to quickly get to the business of creating and managing a WordPress site on your local machine and lets you efficiently deploy your site to remote servers on WP Engine. Even if you don’t use Local to publish your code (maybe you prefer to use a service like DeployHQ<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, DeployBot<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, Buddy<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, or GitHub actions<\/span><\/strong><\/a> to deploy your code) it’s still a great tool for running a local server so you can test your code as you develop it locally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what if you want (or need) fine-grained control of the edits that are made to the code used on your site? What if you need to merge in different changes made to the same file by multiple developers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s where version control systems like Git really shine. They’re a great way to keep track of changes made to your codebase. These tools allow you to track changes and collaborate with other developers when working on the same code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s walk through how to configure a site running in Local to make use of GitHub so that you get the best of what these two tools can offer your development workflow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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