Source control in ServiceNow Studio

Use source control in ServiceNow Studio to manage app versions, commit changes, and collaborate with other developers through a linked Git repository.

After an admin links an app to source control, all application developers on a non-production instance can perform the following actions:

• Import applications from a Git repository.
• Pull and apply remote changes from a Git repository.
• Commit all local changes on the instance to a Git repository.
• Create tags to permanently link to a specific version of an application.
• Create branches to maintain multiple versions of an application at the same time.

For more information, see Link an app to source control in ServiceNow Studio.

Note:

When using source control to collaborate with other developers, only changes that have been checked in are available to other developers. For example, if an admin creates a new flow for an app linked to Git, the flow is not available to other users until the admin checks it into Git.

• Source control operations in ServiceNow Studio
  Most source control operations in ServiceNow Studio run from within the platform. Some operations — such as creating branches and tags — can also be performed directly from the Git repository.
• Import an app from source control in ServiceNow Studio
  Import an application from a Git repository into ServiceNow Studio to create a local copy of the app on your non-production instance. The repository must contain a valid ServiceNow application, and your credentials must have read access.
• Work with changes in Git
  Pull and commit changes in a Git repository directly from ServiceNow Studio to keep app development in sync across your team.
• Create versions and branches in Git
  Create tags and branches in a Git repository from ServiceNow Studio to version application releases and manage parallel development streams.
• View commit history
  View the commit history of apps linked to a source control repository in ServiceNow Studio to review what changes were committed, by whom, and when.
• Move application files in a Git repository
  Move application files linked to source control to any folder in the repository from ServiceNow Studio to store supporting content, such as automated tests, alongside the applications they support.