Git on the server: a read-only key, and .git out of the web root
A deploy key that can only read, a repository that is not in the web root, and why git pull on the live site is not a switch.
22 minutesTechnical content last reviewed on 3 Aug 2026
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What this lesson builds
- Keeping secrets out of the places that publish them
- Granting exactly the access a person or process needs
- Deploying a version you can switch back from