[development] Workflow: staging server, source control, and the files directory

[Andy Fowlston]

Brian wrote:
> we run into problems where nodes are deleted on the site, and
> Drupal deletes the corresponding file from the filesystem. However,
> having not been removed from git with 'git rm <filename>', someone has
> to push the filesystem changes with 'git add -u' to make the files
> directory sync properly. <snip> This often needs sorting out...

That's *exactly* the issue I'm running into!

> All-in-all, it's extra work with little extra gain <snip> I try to
> leave out unless there is a good reason for inclusion.

That seems to be the consensus so far :)

Thanks again for your time,

Andy

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