# GIT for Ignition projects **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [January 14, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/git-for-ignition-projects/55015 "2022-01-14T09:43:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![thidalgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@thidalgo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thidalgo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 9:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/git-for-ignition-projects/55015/1 "2022-01-14T09:43:18Z")
Using Git as a control version system for Ignition projects, bring some difficulties and matters to take into account. Iā€™d be pleased of sharing how to set up Git properly for working with Git Repositories on Ignition Projects, such as .gitignore files, best practices, ā€¦ etc. ---
**Author:** ![lachguerabdallah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lachguerabdallah/32/25558_2.png) [@lachguerabdallah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lachguerabdallah)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 10:16am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/git-for-ignition-projects/55015/2 "2022-01-14T10:16:24Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/a/3/a344b128bad8308b7d544a1100ddf25016dc1d01.jpeg "Using Git for Ignition Projects | Beginner Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJVfmQ54M70) I recommend you watch this video. I hope this helps you ---
**Author:** ![johannes.bo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/johannes.bo/32/27628_2.png) [@johannes.bo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/johannes.bo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/git-for-ignition-projects/55015/3 "2022-01-14T12:59:21Z")
Hi, Maybe you will find answeres to some of you questions here? > **[Ignition 8 Deployment Best Practices](https://www.inductiveautomation.com/resources/article/ignition-8-deployment-best-practices)** > > This guide is aimed to help you better understand how to deal with deploying Ignition applications and provides some best practices for setting up your development and testing workflow. ---
**Author:** ![johannes.bo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/johannes.bo/32/27628_2.png) [@johannes.bo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/johannes.bo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/git-for-ignition-projects/55015/4 "2022-01-14T13:21:24Z")
..also version control is touched in this video, fex at ca 36 minutes [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/3/6/36f47cdaf4e3fd33856fe0206bdf146c01a6c231.jpeg "Ignition Community Live: Ignition 8 Deployment Best Practices") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLuOKg5facM) ---
**Author:** ![thidalgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@thidalgo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thidalgo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/git-for-ignition-projects/55015/5 "2022-01-15T12:07:54Z")
Let me add a very interesting related topic: [Using git for Ignition project version control](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-git-for-ignition-project-version-control/40964) ---
**Author:** ![thidalgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@thidalgo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/thidalgo)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/git-for-ignition-projects/55015/6 "2022-01-15T12:09:22Z")
Another interesting related topic: [Getting resource.json files under control in Git](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-resource-json-files-under-control-in-git/49571) ---
**Author:** ![johannes.bo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/johannes.bo/32/27628_2.png) [@johannes.bo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/johannes.bo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/git-for-ignition-projects/55015/7 "2022-02-03T17:01:41Z")
According to this changelog a very welcome change is on its way šŸ™‚ ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/9/d9622f5a5327fceddbf4dea683c837e29e0eb1d5.png) ---
**Author:** ![johannes.bo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/johannes.bo/32/27628_2.png) [@johannes.bo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/johannes.bo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/git-for-ignition-projects/55015/8 "2024-10-18T13:27:07Z")
and even better: all config will be available in human readable format in filesystem from v8.3 šŸ˜‰ > [@Version control and future versions of Ignition (8.3?)](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/version-control-and-future-versions-of-ignition-8-3/74578/9): > > Note that 'Gateway Events', as in 'Gateway Event Scripts', are a regular project resource and already stored on the filesystem. Their actual storage format is also planned to be revamped in 8.3, so that they're broken up into distinct resources in a human-readable format, but that's orthogonal to gateway configuration itself (db connections, device drivers, etc).