DevOps & CI/CD

Multi-Environment GitOps Repo Structuring

DevOps & CI/CD diagram · made in Skemio

Architecture diagram illustrating a single Git repository with base and environment overlays deployed via Argo CD to dev, staging, and production clusters.
Architecture diagram illustrating a single Git repository with base and environment overlays deployed via Argo CD to dev, staging, and production clusters.

What it shows

  • Directory-based GitOps prevents merge conflicts and unmerged cherry-picks.
  • Kustomize overlays keep baseline configuration DRY across dev, stage, and prod.
  • ArgoCD or Flux syncs individual directory targets to their respective clusters.

The takeaway

Use one main branch with folder overlays to keep environment promotions auditable and drift-free.

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