title: ExpressionEngine : git : local development : remote database
body: <p>To those of you that are trying to be good little developers and version control their ExpressionEngine sites with git, how do you handle your database?</p>
  
  <p>In my limited experience with multiple developers working on one ExpressionEngine site, we've had to all run off of a single MySQL development database running on a remote web server. For those of you that have tried this, it is PAINFULLY slow. Page loads can easily take 5-10 seconds making development extremely difficult. It would be quicker to work off of a remote development server. I am trying to steer away from working off of a remote MySQL server in order to be able to work from anywhere and not depend on Internet connection speed/quality.</p>
  
  <p>Just wondering how others handle their MySQL databases.</p>
  
  <p>Do all of your developers run off of one central database? Have you dealt with slowness issues like we have?</p>
  
  <p>Do you keep your database under version control? How do you handle export/imports among multiple developers and multiple branches?</p>
  
  <p>With one developer I can import/export/commit the database very easily but as soon as you add another developer to the mix, it gets very VERY muddy. Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts on this mammoth topic.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>