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Pantheon’s Multidev is development environments that allows a developer to fork the entire stack (code and content), work on and test a specific change to there website, then merge the code changes back into the master. Each forked branch will have its own separate development environment, including database and files.

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  • On your Multidev dashboard, click the Visit {{ name of your Multidev }} Site button

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The URL will work until the Multidev is deleted. The URL is public facing and can be locked if needed.

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  • From your Multidev dashboard, click the Security option on the left menu

  • In the Environmental Access section, click the Locked button

  • Enter a Username

  • Enter a Password

  • Click the Lock Environment button

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Unlocking a Multidev

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  • Click the Clone with Git button

  • Click the Show Detailed Instructions link

  • Use the steps in the Example section to familiarize yourself with the Git commands required to make your changes and push them back into the Multidev

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Visit the Local Development Stack article to read more about testing your changes locally.

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  • Navigate to your Pantheon dashboard

  • Click the drop down arrow on the Multidev tab

  • Click Multidev overview

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  • Click the Delete Environment button

  • Type DELETE in the text box

  • Click the Delete the {{ Name of your Multidev }} Environment button

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Merging Dev changes to a Multidev

  • Expand the ▶There are (n) commits that can be merged from master. accordion on your multidev dashboard

  • Click the Merge button

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  • Once the merge is complete, click the Clear Caches button

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Expand the Workflows to check merge progress

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  • Check for any database updates on updates.php

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