Integration of VEDA-FE with GIT version control

1. Integration of VEDA-FE with GIT
version control
• Submitted by: DTU, Denmark
• Submission Date: 28 September 2015
• Participating Partners: DTU, E4SMA, KanORS
• Budget:
• Design 4.5 K€
• Implementation 4.5 K€
• Testing 6 K€
• Total 15 K€

2. Current Approach in DTU
Git repository (local),
one or more branches,
only one branch is
displayed at a time.
Contains xlsx files and
UserOptions.MDB.
VEDA Models
folder, contains:
modelbranch 1
modelbranch 2
….
VEDA-FE
Displaying and
editing files in
VEDA Models
folder
Committed changes

3. Current Approach: Illustration
Git repository Veda_Models folder

4. Current Approach: Limitations
• Selecting a file in Navigator opens the corresponding file in VEDA
Models folder => if any changes are made the file has to be
manually copied to the git repository => a user can forget to do it
=> the changes might get lost
• The above limitation can be avoided by working from windows
explorer directly with the files in a git repository. User has to have
good familiarity with the folder structure => can be difficult,
especially for new users.

5. Proposed Development
• Making VEDA-FE git-aware so that a user can e.g. open repository files by
making a selection in the Navigator in VEDA-FE
• VEDA-FE will have to read which branch is selected in the git repository in
order to be able to open the right version of the file

6. Main Benefits
• Use of VEDA-FE and GIT made easy
• Lower start-up costs for starting using version
control