Deploying from Git

🐙 Deploying from Git

Pull code from GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket and have the site update itself on every push

Connect the repository

Open the site → Git tab. Either form of URL works: https://github.com/user/repo.git or [email protected]:user/repo.git.

Give a branch, or leave it blank for the repository default.

If the servable code sits in a subfolder — public, dist, build — name it. Blank means the whole repository.

Click “Connect and pull”.

💡 Your existing public is never deleted — it is moved aside to public.before-git-… first.

Private repositories

The same tab shows a Deploy key. Copy it into GitHub → your repo → Settings → Deploy keys → Add deploy key; there is no need to allow write access. Public repositories can skip this.

Auto-deploy on every push

On the Git tab click “Enable webhook” — a Payload URL and a Secret are generated for you.

Go to GitHub → your repo → Settings → Webhooks → Add webhook.

Paste the Payload URL, set Content type to application/json, paste the Secret and choose “Just the push event”.

Push once to test — the page shows when the hook was last called.

Manual deploys and disconnecting

Pull latest (Deploy) updates right away; progress shows in the bottom-right corner.
If files on the server have drifted from the repository you get a warning — the next deploy overwrites them.
Disconnecting removes the checked-out files and resets public to empty.

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🚀 Getting started 🌐 Creating & managing websites 🛰 Pointing DNS at this server 🔒 SSL / HTTPS certificates 🌿 Subdomains & extra domains 📁 File manager & code editor 📡 FTP / FTPS 🖥 SSH / SFTP and the web terminal 🐙 Deploying from Git 🗄 Databases 🧩 The app installer ⏰ Cron jobs — scheduled work 🔌 API & integrations 👤 Your account & security 🧯 Common problems