TL;DR: Netlify's Git integration is genuinely great for the first week of a project. You connect a repo, it detects your framework, and deploys happen automatically on every push. 📖 Reading time: ~29 min What's in this article The Problem With Letting Netlify Own Your Build Pipeline What You Need Before Starting Step 1 — Disconnect Netlify's Built-In Git Integration Step 2 — Write the GitHub Actions Workflow File The file path is non-negotiable Step 3 — Handle Deploy Previews for Pull Requests The Workflow Trigger You Actually Want Gotchas I Hit That the Docs Don't Warn You About The Problem With Letting Netlify Own Your Build Pipeline Netlify's Git integration is genuinely great for the first week of a project. You connect a repo, it detects your framework, and deploys happen automatically on every push. That convenience has a ceiling, and most teams hit it faster than they expect. The ceiling I hit looked like this: our build was passing locally, CI was green, and we pushed to main.…