Basics of Version Control

Plan and Implement a Data Analytics Environment with Microsoft Fabric

Shahzad Mian

Content Developer, DataCamp

Version Control at Fashionbric...

Workspace with multiple reports called V1, V2 etc

Version Control in Fabric!

Fabric version control screen

Version Control, in brief

Imagine a Time Machine for your files
Each change can be saved as a snapshot
You can compare and go back to any previous snapshot

Back to the Future Time Machine

Types of Version Control

Version Control Systems

Version Control terminology

Repository: the folder you are tracking
Commit: a snapshot of your project at a given point in time

Example of git commit

Version Control terminology

Repository: the folder you are tracking
Commit: a snapshot of your project at a given point in time
Diff: change comparison between commits

Example of git diff

Version Control terminology

Repository: the folder you are tracking
Commit: a snapshot of your project at a given point in time
Diff: change comparison between commits
Merge: combining changes from two commits together

Example of a git repository history Example of git history

Challenges of Version Control in Fabric

.pbix file with an error because git diff doesn't work

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