Git
SigTech's Git extension allows for files to be moved between the research environment and repository of a given workspace.
This ensures:
Files are backed-up
Version-control is enabled
Collaboration
Quick Git guide
If you're creating strategies on your own, you need to understand the following simple steps:
To pull changes from the repository into your research environment:
To push changes from your research environment to the repository:
Important notes
Push frequently to avoid losing work
Changes you make in the research environment aren't guaranteed to persist between sessions. Be sure to regularly push your changes to the repository.
Detailed walkthrough
Locating the Git extension
The SigTech platform uses a Git extension to facilitate Git functionality in the user workspaces:
Pull latest changes
You should always pull the latest changes in the workspace-repository prior to committing any changes.
Add changed files
Changes to files can relate to:
New files, displayed in Untracked.
Changes to existing files, displayed in Changed.
A + sign is displayed if you hover your cursor over the changed file allows.
Click the + sign to add the file to Staged:
You can Unstage the file—this leads to the file either being Untracked or Changed, depending on whether the file was a new file or a modified file.
Commit changes
After you have performed all necessary changes to relevant files and added the files to Staged, the changes can be committed to the workspace-repository.
You will need to add a required summary of the changes and an optional description.
To commit the changes, click Commit:
Push changes
After you have committed the changes, push the changes to ensure version-control is applied and that the changes are displayed to collaborating users.
After you have pushed the changes to the workspace-repository the commit, with it's summary, is displayed in the History tab:
To view the recent commits in the workspace-repository, click the Files tab:
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