> should Completely agree > only Fine, but can substitute "git" as appropriate > discard any local files or changes Ok for when deployment is completely an

> should Completely agree > only Fine, but can substitute "git" as appropriate > discard any local files or changes Ok for when deployment is completely and always automated, but for that _one special case_ maybe keep a copy of the old that you can revert to until you're _really_ sure of no unwanted effects. In the meantime, find out how & why that local change got made and what can be done to automate it next time