cPanel includes a Git Version Control tool that lets you create Git repositories on your hosting account, clone remote repositories, and deploy code automatically when you push to the server.

Open Git Version Control

1. Log in at https://tpc-hosting.com/login and open cPanel.
2. Under Files, click Git Version Control.

Create a new repository

1. Click Create.
2. Choose whether to clone an existing remote repository or create a bare repository on the server.
3. Set the repository path — the directory on your server where the repository will live (e.g., /home/yourusername/repos/myproject). Do not put it inside public_html if the repository contains private code.
4. Set the repository name for display in cPanel.
5. If cloning a remote: paste the clone URL (HTTPS or SSH). For private repositories, add your SSH key to the remote service (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) first.
6. Click Create.

Deploy code from a remote repository

cPanel Git Version Control supports automatic deployment via a .cpanel.yml deployment file in your repository root. When you push to the server, cPanel runs the commands in that file.

Example .cpanel.yml for a PHP site:

---
deployment:
  tasks:
    - export DEPLOYPATH=/home/yourusername/public_html/
    - /bin/cp -rf . $DEPLOYPATH

Steps:

1. Add a .cpanel.yml file to your repository root with the deployment commands.
2. Push to the server repository.
3. In cPanel → Git Version Control, find your repository and click Manage.
4. Click Deploy HEAD Commit to trigger the deployment manually, or enable automatic deployment on push.

Push to the server from your local machine

1. In cPanel → Git Version Control, click Manage on your repository.
2. Copy the Clone URL (SSH format).
3. On your local machine, add the server as a remote:

   git remote add production ssh://yourusername@yourserver/home/yourusername/repos/myproject

4. Push to the server:

   git push production main

5. If you have a .cpanel.yml, the deployment runs automatically after the push.

You will need SSH access set up to push via SSH. See: How to Connect to Your Hosting Account via SSH.

Common use cases

• Deploy a static website or HTML project directly from your code editor
• Keep a staging and production branch and deploy each to a different domain
• Pull the latest version of a project from GitHub without FTP
• Maintain version history for your codebase on the server