Set up a source control system

Last modified: November 23, 2023

dbForge Source Control for SQL Server is not a version control system. To use the tool, you need to have a version control system.

If you do not have it yet, you can get started with exploring the official guides and resources on setting up a repository available through the links below.

Note

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Git

To setup Git in the most effective way is to use GitHub, a provider of Internet hosting for software development and version control using Git. To learn how to get ahead with Git, refer to the Get started section of the Git documentation.

To learn how to set us a Git server, refer to Install your own Git server (Linux Magazine).

SVN

For information on setting up an SVN server, you can refer to:

• Server Configuration section of the Subversion documentation.

• Repository section of TortoiseSVN documentation.

TFS

To learn how to configure TFS, you can refer to the Set up TFS on a server section of the Microsoft documentation.