Cloning site and $config_directories On my local Drupal 8 multisite environment in sites/default/settings.php I have:

$config_directories['staging'] = 'sites/default/config/staging';
$config_directories = array();


Because the default direction for the configuration files sites/default/files is .gitignored.

Is above correct, or do I have to delete $config_directories = array(); and put only the first line? How do I have to setup $config_directories properly so I can version my Configuration with Git?

Is $config_directories the same in both settings.php for the local site and production environment. In other words; is settings.php the same for the local site and production environment, except the database information?

Acquia Dev Desktop also gives:

$config_directories['sync'] = 'sites/griffioenrotterdam-dev.dd/files/config_CBOBWbcJU487p7Gc5z5e4GPzL6pSuEKQytsN6heKUULhL8ziYY7DUJoAbHI-dUxnFEfpzk0W7Q/sync'


What about that?

My steps to set this all up where:


I set up a local Drupal 8 multisite environment using Acquia Dev
Desktop. All worked fine.
I have a Git workflow setup
Now I try to make instances of my local site (clone) for Dev and Prod environments
With git I pull the Drupal 8 code to my production server
I adjust settings.php in sites/default/settings.php
I dumped my local Database using drush
I import the Database in Database connected to staging (Dev) environment


But when I visit http://staging.griffioenrotterdam.nl/ it doesn’t look good.

--- Update ---

$config_directories['staging'] = 'sites/default/config/staging';


Is from an old Drupal 8 version.

Now you have to use: 

$config_directories = array(
    CONFIG_SYNC_DIRECTORY =&gt; './../config/sync',
);


But when I go in admin to Reports > Status report > it says:


  The ./../config/sync folder does not exist. You may need to set the
  correct directory at the file system settings page or change the
  current directory's permissions so that it is writable.
I don't know what you try to do with the config directories.

This doesn't make sense at all, setting a value and deleting it:

$config_directories['staging'] = 'sites/default/config/staging';
$config_directories = array();


The config directory staging does not exists anymore, it must be from an old drupal 8 version. You only need sync. This can be any directory. The hash is only for security reasons and is not needed outside the public files directory.

And I don't see anything in your workflow that would need a special configuration of the config directory, because you transfer the config in the database.