sitemente/DEPLOYMENT.md

Git Workflow & Deployment

Branch Strategy

main (production)
    │
    └── develop (staging)
            │
            └── feature branches

Environments

Branch	URL	Purpose
main	sitmente.com	Live production
develop	sitmente-git-develop...vercel.app	Testing/staging
PR previews	vercel.app/pr-***	Feature testing

Workflow

1. Development (on VPS)

# Work on develop branch
git checkout develop
# ... make changes ...
git add -A && git commit -m "Description"
git push origin develop

2. Test on Staging

• Vercel auto-deploys develop branch
• URL: Check Vercel dashboard
• Test all changes

3. Production

# Merge to main
git checkout main
git merge develop
git push origin main

Vercel Auto-Deploy

Event	Action
Push to main	Auto-deploy to sitmente.com
Push to develop	Auto-deploy to preview URL
Open PR	Create preview deployment

Current Status

• ✅ main → sitmente.com (production)
• ✅ develop → staging (testing)
• ✅ Preview deployments → Auto for all branches