Wanted to check if anyone knows of version control functionionality in the web editor ?
Pretty fundamental feature to be lacking in the product if it hasn’t been created, looking for ability to rollback to previously working versions of code as a minimum - ability to create branches and merge would be a bonus
Have seen other users looking for this functionality: Web editor: Version control
I use only the desktop IDE, which is not the case you are posing here, but here I go.
I have more Arduino libraries installed than I care to count, but to maintain version control on a specific project, I keep a lean second Arduino folder, containing only the relevant code of both my work and the libraries used, including libraries I wrote.
What I can suggest you to do is save a copy of the Arduino folder that contains your sketch and the libraries it uses and name your folder after the version number.
Be sure to keep the full stack so new library versions do not change your executable and then you run into a surprises later on. Be aware that this may have to include the IDE version, so keeping a copy of the zip file may be also necessary to maintain full version control.
It will all depend on how thorough you want to be with your version control. And yes, this is mostly manual.
Well, why not using a local Git? I understand it isn't an internal IDE functionality, but it is free and widely used for almost any language/environment, together with Explorer integration to make it easier to use (e.g. I used TortoiseGit).
PS: Apart from that, I think Arduino IDE programmers could/should integrate GIT, like Visual Studio did since 2019, so the commands commit/push/pull/etc could be activated from the IDE itself. It'd be a nice feature.
Git integration would be a great feature for Arduino team to add. I have noticed there is a close connection with libraries and github.
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