The core foundation of GitOps is that Git serves as the single source of truth for the desired state of both applications and infrastructure. This means all configuration is declared in Git in a version-controlled, auditable, and verifiable manner. Operators and reconciliation agents continuously pull these definitions to ensure the live system matches what Git declares.
“Declarative descriptions of the desired state of the system must be versioned in Git, making Git the single source of truth. This provides auditability, reliability, and enables rollbacks by reverting changes in Git.”
This principle ensures that any change in system state is traceable through Git commits, making environments predictable, reproducible, and transparent.
[References: GitOps Principles (CNCF GitOps Working Group),Principle 1: The desired system state is declarative and versioned in Git repositories., ]
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