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G-wagon
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9 months ago
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Gitlab OR Tortoise

Hi We are in a process of implementing a version control tool for our automation needs. I am bit confused based on what I've read on TestComplete documentation on Native Clients. Now, my questi...
  • ChrisKibble's avatar
    ChrisKibble
    9 months ago

    I'm using Github with my projects. Under the hood, when either Github or Gitlab, TestComplete is calling on your locally installed version of git.exe and appending the necessary parameters based on what options you pick. 

    Here is an example of a pull that I just did on my project. You can see it's just using the command line it builds based on what I pick.

    The TC options seem to support all of the basic stuff (pull, push, commit, fetch, branches, resets, etc.), but when you need to do something other than that, you'd either go back to the UI, or the command line GIT.EXE. 

    For example, I don't see a way to create a version or a release within the TestComplete UI, even though those are certainly supported by GIT.EXE and GitHub. If I wanted to do that, I'd do it outside of the test environment. Which makes sense, you don't need TC to manage the overall repo, you just need it to be able to pull/commit/push.

    Hope this makes sense.

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rraghvani
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9 months ago

GitLab is a comprehensive DevOps platform that integrates various tools and functionalities to streamline the software development lifecycle. 

GitHub is a proprietary developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage, and share their code

TortoiseGit is a free open-source client for the Git version control system

TortoiseSVN is a Revision control / version control / source control software for Windows

 

If you search the internet, you can find Pros and Cons between them. TC supports only https://support.smartbear.com/testcomplete/docs/working-with/integration/scc/index.html  and the client plugin may not support all the features, such file compare, labelling, versioning etc. it will usually have basic operations such as check-in/out files.

 

 

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G-wagon
Regular Contributor
9 months ago

Do you mean that one will need both the tools to be used with testcomplete ?

  • ChrisKibble's avatar
    ChrisKibble
    Occasional Contributor
    9 months ago

    I'm using Github with my projects. Under the hood, when either Github or Gitlab, TestComplete is calling on your locally installed version of git.exe and appending the necessary parameters based on what options you pick. 

    Here is an example of a pull that I just did on my project. You can see it's just using the command line it builds based on what I pick.

    The TC options seem to support all of the basic stuff (pull, push, commit, fetch, branches, resets, etc.), but when you need to do something other than that, you'd either go back to the UI, or the command line GIT.EXE. 

    For example, I don't see a way to create a version or a release within the TestComplete UI, even though those are certainly supported by GIT.EXE and GitHub. If I wanted to do that, I'd do it outside of the test environment. Which makes sense, you don't need TC to manage the overall repo, you just need it to be able to pull/commit/push.

    Hope this makes sense.

    • G-wagon's avatar
      G-wagon
      Regular Contributor
      9 months ago

      Thanks, that makes sense.

      I still have one confusion though, what's the difference between Gitlab & Tortoise ? Will I need both or anyone of them ?

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        rraghvani
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        9 months ago

        They are two different products that do similar things such as file version control, however, Gitlab offers more functionality. You need to choose one, suits your needs. Alternatively, ask your developers what they use for file version control.