Git in Mage

There are a number of ways to enable version control, collaboration, and easy deployment using Git in Mage. We’ll cover them all on this page.

Choose your adventure

There three different ways to use Git in Mage and four ways to version control your files— we’ll discussing each of them. We note that our methods for using Git are mutually exclusive.

If you’re simply looking for version control, you’re in luck! It ships out-of-the-box with Mage. That means you can always restore previous versions of your files, even if you haven’t configured any version control system. Check out this page for more info.

Methods of using Git in Mage

Recommended	Use	Recommendation	Ease of use	Functionality
✅	I want to see a history of my file edits	Mage version control	Beginner	File-level versioning
✅	I want to develop/deploy Mage using GitHub	GitHub version control	Moderate	Full w/ OAuth
✅	I want to deploy Mage using Git with any provider	Git integration with Git Sync	Advanced	Full w/ SSH/HTTPS Auth
⚠️	I want to develop Mage using Git with any provider	Git integration without Git Sync	Advanced	Full w/ SSH/HTTPS Auth

Git Sync is particularly useful in production instances, where other Git methods are can be used more meaningfully in development instances. Since Git sync is a one-way sync, it’s not very useful for collaboration, since changes get overridden. However, this makes it great for a production Mage instance, where verified changes should only be accepted from development environments.

A common pattern is to use development instances to edit and push (Git integration), then have production instances use Git Sync or CI/CD.