What is GitOps?

GitOps is a method that involves the implementation of DevOps such that Git forms the single source of truth. Instead of maintaining a long list of scripts and tooling to support this, GitOps focuses on writing declarative code for everything, including the infrastructure, configuration, and application code. That means you can spin anything out of thin air by simply using the Git repository. The idea is that you declare what you need in your Git repository, and there is tooling behind the scenes that ensures the desired state is always maintained in the running application and infrastructure surrounding it. The code to spin up the tooling also resides in Git, and you don't have anything outside of Git. That means everything, including the tooling, is automated in this process.

While GitOps also enables DevOps within the organization, its primary focus is on using Git to manage infrastructure provisioning and application software deployments. DevOps is a broad...