# Git Sync Plugin — Setup Notes

## Folders YAML bug

The plugin UI always saves the folders field as a single comma-string:

```yaml
folders:
  - 'pages,config,themes'
```

But the plugin code iterates the array expecting separate items. This causes `git status pages,config,themes` to be passed as a single path, so git sees nothing to commit and sync silently does nothing.

**Fix:** Edit `user/config/plugins/git-sync.yaml` directly:

```yaml
folders:
  - pages
  - config
  - themes
```

Never use the Admin UI to change folders — it will rewrite the broken format.

## Files to gitignore

`user/config/plugins/git-sync.yaml` contains an encrypted token and is server-specific. `user/config/security.yaml` contains Grav nonces/salts, also server-specific. Both are in `.gitignore` and must never be committed.