Multi-instance development with Source Control
Learn more about using multiple instances of your deployment with Source Control.
Retool recommends starting app development in an instance representing a staging or development environment; however, an app can be created and protected from any instance of Retool connected to the remote repository (named retool_source in the diagram). This is useful if you have a particular resource that's only accessible from your production environment.
Retool also recommends using one branch instead of a "Git Flow” branching model. Since you have the fine-grain control to release each protected app independently at the cadence of your choosing, you can use a single, protected main branch that each instance points to.
If batching changes across multiple apps is a requirement, you should manually coordinate releases to synchronize updates after apps have the latest versions. If that is insufficient, you could also point your instances to other integration-like branches such as staging and production and manually cherry-pick and merge to batch and promote changes.
Releases are exclusive to the Retool instance in which they were created. Creating and publishing releases for an app are not captured in source control, and can be treated as a deploy mechanism. Learn more about Release Management.