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Git in CI/CD Pipelines

How Git events actually trigger automated pipelines, why tagging matters for releases, and the Git-side mechanics that make GitOps possible.

Learning objectives

  • Intermediate: Explain how webhooks connect a Git push or pull request event to a CI/CD pipeline run.
  • Intermediate: Use annotated tags to mark and trigger releases, and distinguish them from branches.
  • Intermediate: Describe the Git-side mechanics that underpin GitOps — a declarative repository state as the single source of truth for deployment.

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Git in CI/CD Pipelines

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