Integrating source control with the ServiceNow IDE

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 12, 2026
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    • Integrate with remote Git repositories to manage applications in source control with the ServiceNow IDE.

    You can connect to a Git provider using basic or OAuth 2.0 authentication. Then, initialize a repository for an application in the ServiceNow IDE and push it to a remote repository or clone a remote repository that contains an application. After setting up authentication and connecting to a repository, you can use common Git commands to manage applications in source control.

    Learn how to get started using source control in the ServiceNow IDE in the following topics.

    Instance requirements

    If an instance includes modified configurations for saving attachments, the following requirements must be met to perform Git operations:
    • If the glide.attachment.extensions system property is configured, it must contain txt,gitdata.
    • If the glide.security.attachment_type.use_blacklist system property is set to true, the glide.attachment.blacklisted.extensions system property must not contain txt,gitdata and the glide.attachment.blacklisted.types system property must not contain text/plain,application/octet-stream.

    If you want to use custom extensions for attachments, set the following properties to custom values: sn_glider.git.attachment.extension.text and sn_glider.git.attachment.extension.binary. For more information, see ServiceNow IDE properties.