Just keep the enironments separate, but similar. What works in the test environment, should work in production.

Of course, there are always exceptions to this rule. Adapt and modify the code as needed.

We keep three environments at work: Dev, Test and Prod. However, dev environments are sometimes neglected and some features land in Test only.

So, use Dev as a development playground. Use Test to test the changes made in Dev. If the change is approved in Test, it will go in Prod environment.