How teststand do version control

[Brzhou]

Hi Sir, 

How teststand do version control ?

i saw this option, but it is gray.

Normally we use git or SVN method ?

Thanks.

[leahmedwards · Accepted solution]

Yes, sadly that menu is very out of date and doesn't support most modern Version Control tools.

Luckily you don't have to configure it from inside TestStand, just use Git/SVN from the File Explorer in your normal way.

For Diffing and merging sequence files, you can set it up to use the built in tool: 

"C:\Program Files\National Instruments\Shared\TestStand\FileDifferLauncher.exe" %base %mine

 If you get stuck with that, feel free to mention your Git/SVN Client and someone will have instructions. I have it working nicely on TortoiseGit. 

[Brzhou]

So in short, need the external tool such as git for version control, right ? Thanks.

[leahmedwards · Accepted solution]

Yes, that's right!

[BapiM]

While integrating Git with the Sequence Editor is under consideration, there is a KB document that specifies how you can configure TestStand File Diff and Merge Utility to compare and merge changes in your sequence files when they are saved in the binary format when using any of the following Git clients

• Microsoft Visual Studio
• Atlassian Sourcetree
• Git Cola
• GitKraken
• Tortoise Git

Link to the KB document: https://knowledge.ni.com/KnowledgeArticleDetails?id=kA0VU0000005Nbt0AE&l=en-US