In this episode, Rob Cowell looks at Salesforce environment drift — what it is, why it happens, and most importantly how you can prevent it. Find out how to keep your deployments fast without getting furious, by managing drift.
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- How to resolve merge conflicts: https://grst.co/3UdiOhc
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:47 What is environment drift?
01:34 Why is it such a big deal?
02:27 How does environment drift happen?
03:10 How to prevent environment drift?
05:44 Quick tips to keep environment drift in check
06:28 Closing summary