MATLAB Git Version Control Setup
The following documentation details how to set up git based version control for MATLAB.
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1 Official Documentation
From MathWorks Help Center: Set Up Git Source Control:
- This is the main required step for setting up Git for MATLAB according to their documentation.
If you use third-party source control tools, you must register your MATLAB and Simulink file extensions such as .mlx, .mat, .fig, .mlapp, .mdl, .slx, .mdlp, .slxp, .sldd, and .p as binary formats. Also register extensions for MEX files, such as .mexa64, .mexmaci64, .mexmaca64, and .mexw64. If you do not register the extensions, these tools can corrupt your files when you submit them by changing end-of-line characters, expanding tokens, substituting keywords, or attempting to automerge. Corruption can occur if you use the source control tools outside of MATLAB or if you try submitting files from MATLAB without first registering your file formats. Also check that other file extensions are registered as binary to avoid corruption at check-in. Check and register file extensions such as .xlsx, .jpg, .pdf, .docx, and so on. To register your binary file extensions with Git, add them to a .gitattributes file. If you create a new project that uses Git source control or switch an existing project from another source control system to Git source control, MATLAB automatically creates a .gitattributes file and populates it with a list of common binary files to register. If a .gitattributes file is not automatically created, you can create one that contains the list of common binary files to register. In the MATLAB Command Window, enter:
copyfile(fullfile(matlabroot,'toolbox','shared','cmlink','git','auxiliary_files','mwgitattributes'),fullfile(pwd,'.gitattributes'))