# Newbie question: How to deploy Roots

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/newbie-question-how-to-deploy-roots/2040
**Category:** bedrock
**Tags:** deploys
**Created:** 2014-07-30T19:06:56Z
**Posts:** 9
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## Post 8 by @shaimoom — 2014-08-29T17:39:21Z

Thanks @asuh and @kalenjohnson. I look forward to seeing you there. I have streamlined the process by using this [Gruntfile.js](https://gist.github.com/shaimoom/ee0b4e887435d6c39218) instead, so that [grunt watch also builds the minified assets](http://discourse.roots.io/t/add-x-min-css-x-min-script-to-watch/1920/3) (thanks @cfx). No more fiddling with `define('WP_ENV', 'development');` The modified Gruntfile.js also activates LiveReload if one is so inclined. Here is my revised writeup with the new file.

##Services/Software used

- Terminal
- [github.com](http://github.com)
- [Github for Mac](https://mac.github.com/) (desktop GUI for git)
- [Sublime Text](http://www.sublimetext.com/)
- [MAMP](http://www.mamp.info/en/)
- [Deploy](https://www.deployhq.com/) (deployment from git repositories)
- [modified `Gruntfile.js`](https://gist.github.com/shaimoom/ee0b4e887435d6c39218) (runs build task in watch task / activates LiveReload)
- [LiveReload](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/livereload/jnihajbhpnppcggbcgedagnkighmdlei?hl=en) (Google Chrome Extension)

For the purposes of this example, I am renaming the theme as ‘demo’.

###Part I: Github setup

1. Create a repository at [github.com](http://github.com) named ‘demo’

- Clone Roots repository from [github.com](http://github.com) to `wp-content/themes` folder as ‘demo’
- Change local Roots clone settings as follows:
  - Change Primary remote repository (origin) to: [https://github.com/shaimoom/demo.git](https://github.com/shaimoom/demo.git) (you can find this at the [github.com](http://github.com) repo for ‘demo’)
  - Delete the following from Ignored files (.gitignore):
    - `assets/css/*main*.css`
    - `assets/js/*scripts*.js`
    - `assets/js/vendor/modernizr.min.js`
    - `assets/manifest.json`

- Sync the local and remote repositories (initial commit)

###Part II: Local Dev Setup, Install Dependencies & Grunt

1. Right-click on the ‘demo’ repository in Github and select ‘Open in Terminal’

- Run `npm install` on theme root directory (vendor assets will be added to the theme)
- Run `grunt build` (build minified assets to see Bootstrap styled theme upon theme activation)
- Replace `Gruntfile.js` in theme root directory with this [Gist](https://gist.github.com/shaimoom/ee0b4e887435d6c39218) (runs build task in watch task / activates LiveReload)
- Run `grunt watch` on theme root directory in terminal to track changes and build minified assets
- Activate LiveReload in Chrome Extensions
- Activate theme
- Activate theme on production site

###Part III: Deployment

1. Make a change to local theme

- Create a commit in Github and sync
- Go to Deploy Add SSH & SFTP info (including theme file path)
- Click ‘Deploy Now’ to deploy from latest commit
- View changes deployed to production site

Repeat **Part III** to deploy local changes to production site (except step 3 - that is for setting up Deploy for the first time only).

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