Notes on Using Git with Altium Designer

Notes on Using Git with Altium Designer Managing Projects with Git Altium Designer supports version control using Git/SVN. To use Git, simply create a Git repository in the project directory. After restarting Altium Designer, you will see the version status appear on the file tree: The icons have the following meanings: You can perform Git operations directly in the Project (C) - Version Control (E) menu, and even submit to GitHub directly. .gitignore File When using Altium Designer, the software automatically generates some cache files (such as the History folder), which not only slows down the submission speed, but also pollutes the submission record. This is where .gitignore comes in, to ignore these cache files. The .gitignore file for Altium Designer includes the following content: ```gitignore ============================= Projects ============================= *.DesWrk Altium Workspace *.DsnWrk Altium Project Group !*.LibPkg Altium Inegrated Library Package *.PrjGrp Altium Project Group !*.PrjMbd Altium Muti-board Design Project !*.PrjPcb Altium PCB Project *.PrjScr Altium Script Project *.PrjPCBStructure ============================= Schematic ============================= *.Dot Altium Schematic Template !*.MbsDoc Altium Multi-board Schematic !*.Sch Altium Schematic Document !*.SchDoc Altium Schematic Document *.SchDot Altium Schematic Template !*.SchLib Altium Schematic Library ============================= PCB ============================= !*.MbaDoc Altium Multi-board Assembly !*.Pcb Protel PCB Document !*.PcbDoc Altium PCB Document !*.PcbLib Altium PCB Library ============================= Libraries ============================= *.CmpLib Altium Component Library !*.IntLib Altium Compiled Library !*.Lib Altium Library *.PvLib Altium Pad Via Library ============================= CAMtastic ============================= *.Apr CAMtastic Aperture Data *.Apt CAMtastic Aperture Data *.Cam Altium CAMtastic Document *.Drl CAMtastic NC Drill Binary Data ============================= Gerber ============================= *.G[1-30] CAMtastic Mid Layer 1-30 Gerber Data ============================= Outputs ============================= *.Drc Design Rule Check Report *.Drr Altium NC Drill Report File *.Net Altium Netlist File *.Nsx Simulation Netlist Document *.OutJob Altium Output Job File *.Rep Report File *.Rpt Report File ============================= Scripts ============================= *.Bas Altium Script Document *.SrcDoc Altium Script Document *.Tcl Altium Script Document ============================= Simulation ============================= *.Ckt Simulation Sub-Circuit *.LaxAn Logic Analyser Analog File *.LaxDig Logic Analyser Digital File *.Mdl Simulation Model *.Pld CUPL PLD File *.Pwl Simulation Piecewise Linear Description *.Sdf Altium Simulation Data File *.Si CUPL Simulation Input File *.So Digital Waveform File ============================= Folders ============================= __Previews/ History/ Project Logs for */ ============================= Other ============================= *.BomDoc Bom Document *.DBLib Altium Database Library File *.DBLink Altium Database Link File ``` Simply place it in the root directory of the Git repository. If there are duplicates, merge it with the original .gitignore. References and Acknowledgements .gitignore file configuration: Altium Designer project file types Original: https://wiki-power.com/ This post is protected by CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 agreement, should be reproduced with attribution. This post is translated using ChatGPT, please feedback if any omissions.