I am using Git for simple website development and deployment. I develop on localhost,

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Asked: June 13, 20262026-06-13T09:06:31+00:00 2026-06-13T09:06:31+00:00

I am using Git for simple website development and deployment.

I develop on localhost, pushing my changes to the server which deploys the web to the corresponding directory via posthook and

GIT_WORK_TREE=/var/www/website/httpdocs/ git checkout -f

My problem is that all user uploads on the live server (uploaded by the website users or via backend) get deleted which live in

/var/www/website/httpdocs/assets/uploads

How can I keep these files when automatically checking out/deploying the web without tracking them in my repository?

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-13T09:06:32+00:00

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What you want to do is move your user upload directory outside webroot and symlink from webroot to the user upload directory.

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