WordPress SSH Git CI

Creator: Ryan Valizan -- @devnetkc
Latest Release: v1.2.1
Wiki: How To Use
Tags: git, WordPress, Bash, ci, Azure Azure DevOps, SiteGround, SSH, Azure Pipeline
License: GPLv3
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html

✨ Automate your WordPress and git repository release pipeline

If there's SSH & Git, you can sync WordPress and Azure DevOps using git.

Let your CI Pipeline manage getting those plugin updates from your unix WordPress server.

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🔴 Live WordPress Branch History

🔲 Requirements:

Web server have git capability -- think this is the most important one
A method to store your secrete variables such as
- username
- password/token
SSH access to execute scripts on WordPress server
- note: cron can serve as a slower alternative to SSH
Some kind of ci pipeline or cron job to hook into after a branch update event triggers an agent to run the script remotely

🚘 What it has:

Parameter options for dynamic use
Separated functions
Is executed through an ssh call to your WordPress web server

🚗 What it does is:

Check a git repo on a WordPress web server for changes
Stashes changes before working on merges
Pulls in latest release/master branch from development repository — on Azure DevOps, GitHub, BitBucket, etc.
Merges new changes from DevOps into WordPress Live branch
Returns WordPress updates and changes using git stash pop
Commits the new changes on top of the latest master branch head
Pushes WordPress live branch back to the development repository for the team to handle PR to DevOps master.

Essentially, it allows WordPress developers to be more hands off with their shared hosting WordPress server backends, while still fully benefitting from any of the many source control repository and project board sites for git — but while using WordPress at the same time.

💻 How To Use

Update remote server with new release

Shell Script:

bash wp-git-sync.sh \
  -fo $https_repo_with_user_and_token

Azure DevOps Pipeline:

Place the script in your root project directory, then add the task shown below.

YAML Example:
note: This example uses Azure Key store variables

pool:
  name: NameOfAgentPool

steps:
- task: SSH@0
  displayName: pushChanges
  inputs:
    sshEndpoint: 'DEVOPS_SSH_ENDPOINT'
    runOptions: script
    scriptPath: 'wp-git-sync.sh'
    args: '-fo "https://$(DevOpsTokenUser):$(DevOpsToken)@ORGANIZATION-NAME.visualstudio.com/$(System.TeamProject)/_git/$(Build.Repository.Name)"

Classic Editor Example:

Console Log:

Fetch changes on remote server

Shell Script:

bash wp-git-sync.sh \
  -fo $https_repo_with_user_and_token
  -fe

Azure DevOps Pipeline:

Place the script in your root project directory, then add the task shown below.

YAML Example:
note: This example uses Azure Key store variables

pool:
  name: NameOfAgentPool

steps:
- task: SSH@0
  displayName: fetchChanges
  inputs:
    sshEndpoint: 'DEVOPS_SSH_ENDPOINT'
    runOptions: script
    scriptPath: 'wp-git-sync.sh'
    args: '-fo "https://$(DevOpsTokenUser):$(DevOpsToken)@ORGANIZATION-NAME.visualstudio.com/$(System.TeamProject)/_git/$(Build.Repository.Name)" \
            -fe'