Can a CMS be powered by a Git repository?

Question

I made a one-off CMS for a client of mine a while ago, however it was powerful enough that I used it again on a number other projects. Now that I need to manage it, I want to be able to update all of the deployments via a single update.

I'm wondering if I might be able to have the CMS simply include files from a GitHub repository. Is there a way to do this? Something like:

<?php

require('URL TO MEDIA UPLOAD MODULE AT GITHUB');
require('URL TO PAGE MANAGEMENT MODULE AT GITHUB');
//etc...

?>

Eventually the CMS will have a number of different modules for a number of different business types (real estate, retail products & services, etc) that will be included based on the modules listed for the specific deployments needs.

I just want to store everything in one place and have each deployment updated when I commit a change to the repo.

Is this possible? If not, any suggestions?

Answer 1

I have no idea about storing files on Github.

However, I do have another suggestion to get to your goal:

If your projects reside on the same server and you have root access to the server, you could have the core files in 1 location. With symlinks you can have the projects make use of that same directory. You will never have to deploy again since you only have to update 1 set of files.

Just make sure that theres a way to store/load the templates and individual user settings apart from the core files.