Branches
Designer uses branching for version control. Best practice recommends that development of pipelines in the Designer be conducted on named development branches, rather than the branch main.
Not added a project yet? Read Add project.
Add new branch
- From the Your projects menu, select your project.
- Navigate to the Branches tab.
- Click Add new branch.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Branch name | A unique name for the new branch. |
| Branch from | Select which branch to branch from, for example, main. |
| Default environment | Select the environment that this branch will use by default. Not created an environment yet? Read Add environment. |
Click Create to add the new branch, or click Never mind to cancel.
Locate your new branch in the Branches menu and click it to redirect to the Designer.
Manage branches
To edit a branch, click ... for that branch and click Edit branch details.
To delete a branch, click ... for that branch and click Delete branch.
If you use a Matillion-hosted Git repository, deleted branches can't be recovered. You can reuse the name of a deleted branch for a new branch.
If you use your own Git repository, deleting a branch in the Data Productivity Cloud does not delete the remote version of the branch. To permanently delete a branch, you also need to delete the remote version via your Git provider. To reuse the name of a deleted branch, you need to delete both versions of the branch.
Note
You can sort the Branches menu by name or by default environment.