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The Art of Git-based content management with GitHub

Managing content shouldn’t be a chaotic mess of outdated files, endless email threads, or confusing version names. Whether you're working on blogs, documentation, or even entire websites, GitHub offers a powerful yet often underutilised way to streamline your workflow.

Let's explore how GitHub can revolutionise content management—from version control and collaboration to automated publishing. You'll learn practical techniques like how to use branching, pull requests for content reviews, and how to effectively collaborate. We'll also look at some real-world uses, including static site generators, and headless CMS integrations.

Whether you're a developer, tech writer, or content creator, this talk will give you the tools to manage web content like a pro.

In this talk, I'll cover:
✅ What is version control and why use it
✅ What is GitHub
✅ Challenges in content management
✅ Version control for content
✅ Pull requests and reviews
✅ GitHub Actions for automatic deployment
✅ Markdown and static sites
✅ Headless CMS and GitHub
✅ Avoiding common mistakes
✅ Power-user GitHub features

Michelle "MishManners" Duke

SSW DevRel 🥑 | Hackathon Queen®™ | Founder | Esports Queen

Melbourne, Australia

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