Comments on: Upgrading wordpress with git http://blog.affien.com/archives/2007/06/07/upgrading-wordpress-with-git/ A few thoughts Sun, 31 May 2009 12:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Bas http://blog.affien.com/archives/2007/06/07/upgrading-wordpress-with-git/comment-page-1/#comment-169319 Bas Thu, 01 May 2008 22:22:38 +0000 http://blog.w-nz.com/archives/2007/06/07/upgrading-wordpress-with-git/#comment-169319 You're probably right. Obviously you indeed want to check for stray files. Some might be usefull to keep around like uploaded images and alike. A look at <code>git status</code> is always helpful. If you want to clean untracked files from your repo then <code>git clean</code> (<code>-f</code>) is your friend. You’re probably right. Obviously you indeed want to check for stray files. Some might be usefull to keep around like uploaded images and alike. A look at git status is always helpful.

If you want to clean untracked files from your repo then git clean (-f) is your friend.

]]> By: Jonathan Addleman http://blog.affien.com/archives/2007/06/07/upgrading-wordpress-with-git/comment-page-1/#comment-169108 Jonathan Addleman Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:20:18 +0000 http://blog.w-nz.com/archives/2007/06/07/upgrading-wordpress-with-git/#comment-169108 I know this post is a little out of date now, but looks like it should still work with current versions of git and wordpress. One exception is that you'll need to use "git checkout -b tmp HEAD^" instead of doing the checkout and the branch in two steps. I don't know if that ever worked in two commands like you used there... It didn't for me though! The other issue I see is that if a new version of wordpress removed files that were present in the old version, the steps you describe won't get rid of the old files. To prevent that, I think that deleting all the files before copying the new version into the tmp dir should work. I know this post is a little out of date now, but looks like it should still work with current versions of git and wordpress. One exception is that you’ll need to use “git checkout -b tmp HEAD^” instead of doing the checkout and the branch in two steps. I don’t know if that ever worked in two commands like you used there… It didn’t for me though!

The other issue I see is that if a new version of wordpress removed files that were present in the old version, the steps you describe won’t get rid of the old files. To prevent that, I think that deleting all the files before copying the new version into the tmp dir should work.

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