How to manage multiple environments with Terraform using branches

This is part 2 of the <a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-32c7bc5d692" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">How to manage multiple environments with Terraform</a> blog post series. In the <a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-workspaces-98680d89a03e" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">first part of the series</a>, you saw how to use workspaces to manage multiple environments with Terraform. In this post, I’ll show you how to manage multiple environments with Terraform using <a href="https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Branching-Branches-in-a-Nutshell" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">branches</a> in your version control system (we’ll focus on Git in this blog post): <ul> <li><a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-branches-875d1a2ee647#7095" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Setting up environments using branches</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-branches-875d1a2ee647#47f3" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Switching between environments</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-branches-875d1a2ee647#2bc6" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Using different configurations in each environment</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-branches-875d1a2ee647#e36d" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Using different backends in each environment</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-branches-875d1a2ee647#eeee" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Using different versions in each environment</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-branches-875d1a2ee647#05be" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Working with multiple modules</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-branches-875d1a2ee647#c56d" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Advantages of branches</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-branches-875d1a2ee647#fed3" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Drawbacks of branches</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-branches-875d1a2ee647#24ce" rel="noopener ugc nofollow">Conclusion</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://blog.gruntwork.io/how-to-manage-multiple-environments-with-terraform-using-branches-875d1a2ee647">Learn More</a>