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5. You'll be redirected to OpenFn. Select the repository and branch you want to
sync to, and click `Connect Branch`.

6. Your GitHub connection is now set up! From here, each time you want to sync
between your project and GitHub, click `Initiate Sycn to Branch`.
6. Your GitHub connection is now set up!

7. Synchronization is _not_ automatic. Each time you want to sync between your
project and GitHub, click `Initiate Sync to Branch`.

![Initiate Sync](/img/lightning_gh_initate_sync.png)

:::tip Sync after every major change

Each time you make any significant change in your project, for example changes
in a job code, make sure to hit `Initiate Sync to Branch` to sync your updates
to GitHub.

:::

### How It Works in a Nutshell

Your whole OpenFn project can be represented as a project.yaml file.
Your whole OpenFn project can be represented as a `project.yaml` file. It
includes all your workflow specifications, their name, job code, triggers, and
so on.

Using our Command Line Interface, the
[@openfn/cli](../deploy/portability.md)
Using our Command Line Interface, the [@openfn/cli](../deploy/portability.md)
you can pull a project config from OpenFn to a folder or repo on your computer,
and you can deploy a change in your project.yaml file from that directory or
and you can deploy a change in your `project.yaml` file from that directory or
repo to OpenFn.

:::info

As your `project.yaml` file represents your entire project, this is the file
that you have to update when you want to deploy any changes to your OpenFn
project. If you made a change or created a new job, for example, you have to
include them in the `project.yaml` to deploy.

:::

The `Sync to Github` feature makes use of GitHub actions to automatically deploy
(after a commit) or pull (when `Initiate Sync to Branch` button is clicked) to
keep a repository in sync with your OpenFn project.
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