创建文件 config.php.sample 和 database.php.sample ，您的每个开发人员都会使用它，并拥有一个用于密码和其他敏感信息的占位符。将 config.php 和 database.php 添加到您的 .gitignore

第一次部署到生产站点时，您将创建 config.php 和 database.php 文件。随后的推送不会覆盖 config.php 和 database.php ，因为它们不包含在git存储库中。

I am about to start a CodeIgniter based project and plan on using Git as our DVCS. I will be working with a few other developers, and the central (origin) server is privately hosted. But I also want to open source it and publish the code to Github later.

My question is, is there a way to separate the config file(s) in Git, so that the private information in the config file is not sent to the Github remote but is to origin and other peers.

Another question is could we use a similar solution for having local development config files and a server one for production?

Create the files config.php.sample and database.php.sample that each of your developers will use that has a placeholder for the passwords and other sensitive information. Add config.php and database.php to your .gitignore

The first time you deploy to the production site, you'll create the config.php and database.php files. Subsequent pushes won't overwrite config.php and database.php since they're not included in the git repository.