Getting Your DBA Teams Scripts into Git
Managing DBA scripts is crucial. Git aids in versioning and tracking changes, promoting organization and collaboration. Centralizing scripts on GitHub ensures control and enhances team efficiency, fostering better script management.
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This article discusses the importance of managing scripts used by teams of DBAs and introduces Git as a tool to version, track, and manage changes to these scripts. It emphasizes the benefits of organizing scripts in a central repository to avoid inconsistencies, multiple versions, and unauthorized changes. The process involves consolidating scripts into one location, converting them into a Git repository, pushing them to a central location like GitHub, and protecting the main branch to ensure controlled changes. The article also guides on how team members can clone the repository to their local machines and work collaboratively on scripts while building Git skills. By following these steps, DBA teams can streamline script management, enhance collaboration, and ensure script versioning. The article provides a detailed walkthrough on converting a folder of scripts into a Git repository, saving scripts in GitHub, protecting the main branch, and enabling team members to clone and work with the scripts effectively.
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9 commentsI always impresses me, how many don't understand how to manage their SQL scripts, packages and stored procedures in SCM systems, when this was already a common product from SQL vendors in the 1990's.
Mental Models I Rely On To Beat Git: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm2x7xWQID4&t=7s
note: this is my video
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