[uola]

Why not use git?

[codedokode]

Git deployment requires you to make commits. I prefer having a find + rsync based script that finds modified files and uploads them via SSH.

[eugeneionesco]

How can I use git to connect remotely to a server and edit a file?

[Already__Taken]

Sometimes your cheap shared hosts don't have git on the other end.

[tonyplee]

You should try Digital Ocean $5/month. Have root access, etc.

Is there a shared host cheaper than that?

[vially]

I don't know if there is any shared host cheaper than that (I suppose there are but I'm too lazy to check right now), but sometimes the appeal in using a shared host is in some of their features which you don't get in a VPS (e.g.: cpanel).

[tonyplee]

Also be very careful, with "Dirty COW" hack, anyone can become root as long as they can run their own binary on any shared host.