GitHub Releases in Your CI/CD Pipeline: Separating Documentation from Deployment

Short summary

GitHub Releases provides documentation and immutable artifact storage on GitHub, separate from actual web application deployment to servers. Instead of manual folder-based backups, implement a three-step CI/CD pattern: build and package locally → create a GitHub Release with artifacts → deploy to your server using dedicated tools. This approach improves release traceability, auditability, and mean time to recovery.

• •GitHub Releases stores documentation and artifacts, doesn't touch your server filesystem
• •Use three-step CI/CD: build locally, create GitHub Release, then deploy with dedicated tools
• •Replaces chaotic manual backup folders with documented, auditable releases

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