Link your SQL Database to a Version Control System

dbForge Source Control is a convenient SSMS add-in for SQL Server database change management, in popular version control systems and servers, including Azure DevOps Server (previously known as Team Foundation Server a.k.a. TFS), Apache Subversion (SVN), TFVC, Git (including GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket), Mercurial (Hg), Perforce (P4), SourceGear Vault. This tool helps version-control database schemas and data, rollback changes, and maintain the integrity of databases.

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  • Version-control database schemas and static table data
  • Use either dedicated or shared development models
  • Commit and revert changes with dependency awareness
  • View conflicts and resolve data and schema inconsistencies visually
  • Track changes and detect who, when, and why made them
  • Plug Source Control directly into SQL Server Management Studio
  • Automate database development with the DevOps approach

Supported Source Control Systems

Team Foundation Server (including TFVC Cloud)
TFVC
Subversion (SVN)
SVN
Git (including GitHub)
Git
Azure Devops
Azure DevOps
Perforce(P4)
Perforce
Mercurial
Mercurial
SourceGear Vault
SourceGear Vault
Git solutions supported by Source Control

Want to version-control DB changes in GitHub?

Explore the full capabilities of dbForge Source Control:
  • Create an empty repository from scratch
  • Commit and revert changes
  • View and resolve conflicts
  • Associate commits with GitHub Issues
  • Switch between branches easily

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Want to version-control DB changes in GitLab?

Explore the full capabilities of dbForge Source Control:
  • Make and revert commits
  • Get local or remote changes
  • Handle conflicts
  • Associate commits with GitLab issues
  • Link and unlink static data

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Want to version-control DB changes in Bitbucket?

Explore the full capabilities of dbForge Source Control:
  • Commit and revert changes
  • Update the local copy with the latest changes
  • Track changes in the Changes History
  • View and resolve conflicts
  • Work with shared and dedicated models

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Features

Version-control scripts in your working folders

A working folder contains SQL script files that represent your database. It allows you to script database changes to a database folder. After saving changes, the database working folder can be source-controlled with your version control system in the same way you version-control other files.

Version Control Scripts in Working Folders

Handle changes in Source Control Manager

Perform the essential SQL version control tasks visually:

  • Commit: Update the source control with your local changes
  • Get Latest: Update your database with the latest changes from the source control
  • Resolve conflicts: Resolve discrepancies between the latest version of an object in the source control and the one in the local database in two ways:
    • Get Local: Your version of the object will be committed to the source control
    • Get Remote: Your changes will be discarded; the local database will be updated with the latest version of the object from the source control
Handle Changes in Source Control Manager

Version-control schemas and reference data

Store and share any SQL Server object and static data. With dbForge Source Control, you can do the following:

  • Link static data to a repository
  • Commit, revert, and get the latest static data change
  • Handle static data conflicts
Working with static data

View changes history

Look through a full revision history of a database or a certain database object with the Changes History document. You can clearly see the changes made as well as who, when, and why made them.
View Changes History

Work on a central database or your own local copy

dbForge Source Control for SQL Server supports two models for database development: Dedicated and Shared.

  • Dedicated model allows developers to work with their own copies of the database
  • Shared model suggests that all developers work on a single shared database

Regardless of the choice of the database development model, Source Control for SQL Server ensures safe and convenient data change management.

Learn more about the differences between shared and dedicated database development models.

Work on a central database or your own local copy

Roll back unwanted changes

Easily cancel any local changes you don't want to commit. Just select the required changes in the Local changes section of Source Control Manager and click Undo.

Roll Back Unwanted Changes

Source Control is part of SQL Tools

SQL Tools includes a pack of essential SSMS add-ins and tools

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Source Control as part of DevOps Automation

Use Source Control along with dbForge DevOps Automation for SQL Server to extend the DevOps approach to SQL Server databases. The solution makes it easy to integrate source control into your DevOps without compromising quality, performance, or reliability.

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dbForge DevOps Automation for SQL Server

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