GitOps is a declarative, Git-based operational framework for managing infrastructure and applications, where Git serves as the single source of truth for the entire system's desired state. Born from Kubernetes workflows, GitOps combines version control, automation, and continuous reconciliation to ensure what's running in your cluster always matches what's defined in Git — making deployments auditable, reproducible, and easily reversible. Unlike traditional CI/CD where pipelines push changes, GitOps operators pull changes from Git and continuously enforce the declared state, enabling self-healing infrastructure that automatically corrects drift when manual changes occur.