I have a client site that’s under version control using Git. The single repository is at the WordPress root level, but it is set to ignore everything except for theme and plugin files. I did some research into best practices and found some content on submodules, which I might try next time, but at the moment, I’m wondering if there’s a way to achieve both of the following:
- Keep the Git repository structured as is at the WordPress root but effectively only use it to version control theme and plugins in a single repository.
- Enable automatic WordPress core updates and get around this error:
This site appears to be under version control. Automatic updates are disabled.
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Method 1
Adding this filter in a must-use plugin or functions.php will allow automatic updates even if the site is under version control:
add_filter( 'automatic_updates_is_vcs_checkout', '__return_false', 1 );
From https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/automatic_updates_is_vcs_checkout/
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