I updated to Local 2.4.3 and then updated a site’s environment. All my sites use the ‘custom’ environment option. The result of the upgrade was a duplicate folder called ‘site-name-clone’ and host file entry for site-name-clone.local. I’ve tested and it seems to work fine. What are the recommended s…

I don’t call this “best practice”, but I’ve gone through this process. What I did was: Update environment (which makes a clone with the “-clone” suffix) Export your original site using the “Export” option when right clicking the site’s name (so you can keep it safe in case of something wrong happ…

Thank you, atempel, for this workflow. It worked for me, and bonus: Git doesn’t even know anything happened. Next, I tried one without the clone, which seems fine so far. I wish the message about the “modified site container” were clearer. Have I modified the site container? How does one modify the…

Feature Request: It would be great if this series of steps were automated. So you click “Update Environment” and it makes the clone with a CTA at the top “Test the new environment to ensure it works” with a button for “Yup! Passed all tests.” And then a new CTA for “Remove the old environment and re…

Helpppp ! I update environment, so I have the clone but nothing… runs My original site don’t start (it say’s starting for… a very long time) and I can’t export because the option is grey clone starts but I have a 502 error thank you everyone for a quick answer

So nice it worked for you Lisa! The export works almost as a copy/paste as far as I know, so no problem with git, indeed! For the “Modified Site Container”… The Custom Environment is for you to be able to configure everything more freely and have full access to the container, so for some cases, mi…

@Nirinarm this could be probably something more complex, I recommend you open a new topic with your problem described in detail (what you did, what happened, etc) and a log from Local ( How do I retrieve Local's log file? ) So we all can help you :smiley:

Thank you for your answer. I’m sorry, I’m French and so new (I decided to do my first site) I’m a little bit lost and don’t really know how to open a new topic The log file… is very long ! could I paste all or only since I did the update ? thanks for your help :slight_smile:

@Nirinarm you can create a new topic by clicking this button on the image below, in the forums homepage: [image] The file, even being long, you will be able to attach it to the topic, no need to paste it as text, just send the file :smiley:

@atempel You’re so kind, I created the new topic, I need to return to it (if I find it again :smile: to send the file and perhaps explain more oh lala :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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