> Portal Navigation:
> 
> - Append `.md` to any URL under `https://dev.wix.com/docs/` to get its markdown version.
> - Pages are either content pages (article or reference text) or menu pages (a list of links to child pages).
> - To get a menu page, truncate any URL to a parent path and append `.md` (e.g. `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk.md`, `https://dev.wix.com/docs/sdk/core-modules.md`).
> - Top-level index of all portals: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms.txt
> - Full concatenated docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/llms-full.txt

## Resource: About the Regular Editor when Connected to GitHub

## Article: About the Regular Editor When Connected to GitHub

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/developer-environments/ides/git-integration/about-the-regular-editor-when-connected-to-git-hub.md

## Article Content:

# About the Regular Editor when Connected to GitHub

> **Note:**
> This article refers to 2 different versions of the editor:
>
> - **Regular Editor**: The editor that's generally used to build Wix sites.
> - **Local Editor**: A specialized version of the Regular Editor that's used when developing a site in a local IDE.

When you connect a site to GitHub, the Regular Editor undergoes some changes to facilitate code management and version control. The code in the Regular Editor is automatically synced with the [default branch](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/about-branches#about-the-default-branch) of the connected repo.

Because a connected site's code is managed outside of the editor, the code in the Regular Editor is in [read-only mode](#about-read-only-mode).

The name of the connected repo as well as the details of commits to the default branch appear in the **GitHub Integration** panel of the sidebar.

![GitHub Integration panel](https://wixmp-833713b177cebf373f611808.wixmp.com/images/d2a2eb8831668eb1640e1d29361fe29d.png)

## About read-only mode

While a site is connected to GitHub, the Regular Editor is in read-only mode. This involves the following changes:

- Code files are read-only. You can't make any changes to the site's code or add new files. Use the local IDE to [add new files and change code](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/developer-environments/ides/git-integration/git-repository-file-structure.md).
- You can add [dynamic event handlers](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/build-a-custom-frontend/event-handlers/about-event-handlers.md) to elements using code. To see the event handlers supported for each element, check the [Velo API Reference](https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/velo-only-apis/$w/introduction.md).
- Changes to the [fields](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/work-with-data/introduction/about-collection-fields.md) in a collection are immediately reflected on the live site, even before you publish.
- If you duplicate a page on the site, the page's code isn't included in the copy.

## See also

- [Test Code in the Local Editor](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/developer-environments/ides/git-integration/test-code-in-the-local-editor.md)
- [Publish a Site with Git Integration and Wix CLI](https://dev.wix.com/docs/develop-websites-sdk/code-your-site/developer-environments/ides/git-integration/publish-a-site-with-git-integration-and-wix-cli.md)