I'm supposed to be figuring out how to get phpDesigner 8 working with Git, and by extension, GitHub. I've set up my GitHub account and have both the shell and desktop client installed on my computer, and I followed some vague instructions on how to make phpDesigner recognize Git (it involved directing it to a path containing the git.exe file). I also attempted to integrate Git with GitHub so that I'd be able to access files without having to constantly log in and out of the GH website, but every time I try committing a file through phpDesigner, none of the changes I've made are reflected in the site's copy of the file. There are no notifications about merge or commit requests either, so from the way I see it, Git is committing files to my hard drive for no real effect.
I feel like I didn't set something up properly, or I'm not selecting the right command. I select the "commit" option, rather than "commit file" when attempting to test anything, but nothing seems to work. What should I do?
That's the way Git works. Committing is an entirely local operation.
To send your commits to GitHub you need to do a
push. I have no idea how to do that from phpDesigner, but look for something in the Git menu that says push.Based on their website it looks like there is the ability to run a "custom Git command". You might want to try using this to run
git pushif there isn't a dedicated menu operation for pushing.