Version control Simio projects using git

[Annika]

Hello,

I am trying to use git to track changes when working on Simio projects collaboratively.

For this I am saving the project as *.simproj and the resulting file and folder structure looks good.

But there are too many time stamp changes that make it difficult to track the "important" changes.

For example, I only changed the location of the DefaultEntity in the model and hit save. The resulting changes are shown in the attached screenshot, with 20 files shown as changed.

The main changes are related to the time stamp.

Is there a way to configure Simio such that fewer files will be affected by each change?

Thank you.

Annika

[KatieP]

Hi Annika,

Check out the Support Source Control option in the Project Properties. (Right click the project in the Navigation Window to access Project Properties)

[Annika]

Thanks so much KatieP, that is exactly what I was looking for.

[Annika]

Hello again,

I have set "Support Source Control" set to true which should avoid saving window layouts and backup files:

But when adding a delay step for example git shows that the Model.backup and Model_ModelViewInfo.xml has changed as well.

Is there another setting I might be missing?

Do you have any other best practices when using source control systems to store Simio models.

I am finding merging still very difficult.

Thank you

Annika