GIT Plug-in

The GIT plug-in provides an interface to the GIT Version Control System allowing models created under SNAP to be managed via GIT.

The GIT Plug-in User's Manual provides instructions for working with GIT to manage SNAP model files.

Change Log

Version 3.0.1 - Released 8/29/2023

The GIT plug-in tools menu has been optimized when qu8erying the status of the current model while building the menu items.
The revision selection dialog has been optimized to open quicker.
Actions that retrieve logs from the repository may now display a blocking dialog when the operation takes too long to complete on a repository with a large history.

Version 3.0.0 - Released 7/5/2022:

An option has been added to the branch creation dialog that allows immediate switching to the newly created branch.
The conflict resolution dialog now allows a user to compare conflicting MED files from various states of the repository using the DiffMerge library.

Version 2.2.4 - Released 5/9/2022:

The Compare to Revision and Compare To Base commands in GIT have been updated to resolve an issue where the model comparison dialog would not open. This update also resolves a threading issue which could prevent displaying the available revisions in the Compare To Revision dialog.

Version 2.2.3 - Released 4/29/2022:

A feature has been implemented in which long-running GIT commands will now report on the current progress of the operation.

Version 2.2.2 - Released 2/28/2022:

The GIT Clone Repository tools menu item has been updated to allow cloning into an empty directory.
Implemented a feature in which the GIT plug-in will delegate authentication to any currently installed credential managers when executing a clone, fetch, push, or pull command.
An issue was resolved in the JGIT library where, in some circumstances, the remote connection would fail to connect the remote repository.
An issue has been resolved in which a model saved to a subdirectory under windows would be improperly tracked by the GIT plug-in. The status will now properly update and commands will work as intended.
An issue was resolved in which the Tools->GIT->Create GIT Repository menu item would not appear for a model saved in an unmanaged directory.

Version 2.2.1 - Internal Release

Version 2.2.0 - Released 10/29/2021:

The GIT Clone repository dialog has been adjusted to avoid cutting off UI elements in the frame.

Version 2.1.0 - Released 9/21/2021:

A new command has been added to the Tools -> GIT menu that allows the cloning of GIT repositories.
A new command has been added to the Tools -> GIT menu that allows the fetching of remote updates.
A new command has been added to the Tools- > GIT menu that allows the user to toggle SSL verification on or off for the local repository.
A new dialog has been implemented that allows the viewing of the entire history of a GIT repository associated with the current working model.
An issue has been resolved in which models opened using a relative path from the command line would cause the model to fail to load.
An issue has been resolved in which during a remote push could cause an error of ‘illegal duplicate refs’
An issue has been resolved in which renaming a model would only commit the ADD step of a rename operation and omit the DELETE step. This behavior now matches what is described in the user’s manual.
The ability to push to multiple remote hosts has been removed and the corresponding checkbox in the remote hosts dialog has been removed.

Version 2.0.2 - Released 7/8/2021:

An issue has been resolved in which saving a model from a git managed directory to another, different git managed directory through the model editor would fail to update the working directory used by the git plug-in.

Version 2.0.1 - Released 5/21/2021:

Version 2.0.0 - Released 3/30/2021:

The GIT plug-in was updated use an internal client library for its interaction with GIT repositories. This update removes the need to have a local GIT client installed. Additionally, the plug-in now provides the ability to initialize a new repository so that users can manage their models in the GIT version control system from within SNAP.

Version 1.0.0 - Released 2/24/2021: