Dreamforce14 Metadata Management with Git Version Control

Managing changes in your Salesforce Org with Git

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John Stevenson

@jr0cket

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Why manager changes in your Salesforce Org?

John Stevenson

@jr0cket

agileforce.co.uk

Keeping a record of change

Understand:

•what has been built•when something has been added or changed•who added that feature / bug

So, what is Git ?

John Stevenson

@jr0cket

agileforce.co.uk

Say goodbye to Centralised version control

No more merge days (weeks)

No longer tied to the network

No more waiting for the server to respond

So what is Git

A distributed version control system

Based on “change sets”, rather than files

Easy to merge changes between branches & repositories

WorkingCopy

StagingLocal

RepositoryGithub

Repository

How do you use Git

GithubRepository

Getting Started with Git

Git client- windows.github.com- mac.github.com- git-scm.com

Identify yourself to Git

git config --global user.name=“John Stevenson” git config --global user.email=“[email protected]”

Github for Mac / Windows – Simple start point

So, what is Github ?

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@jr0cket

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“Social Coding” with Github

Create repositories on Github and share your code with the world

Features:

Forking – create your own copy of a repository on Github

Pull Requests – ask that your change be reviewed and added to someone else’s repository

Getting Started with Github

Github account from github.com

Optionally: - Add a Public key to your account - Add 2-factor authentication to your account

Lets use Git & Github to manage our Salesforce Org

John Stevenson

@jr0cket

agileforce.co.uk

Create a repository on Github

Screenshots from blog post

1. Add repository

1. Select “Clone”

1. Type name of repository to clone

1. Clone repository to your computer

Show me the Metadata

John Stevenson

@jr0cket

agileforce.co.uk

developer.salesforce.com/page/Force.com_IDE

Force.com IDE

- Apex- Visualforce

pages- Unit Tests- Git

MavensMate.comSublime Text plugin for Force.com

- Apex- Visualforce - Unit Tests- Git

- Lightweight- Templates

Force.com Command Line Interface(CLI)

force-cli.heroku.com

Packaging up the Gardening App

John Stevenson

@jr0cket

agileforce.co.uk

The Gardening App

I created a Salesforce App called Gardening

Create a new package

I just want to version my Gardening App

Creating an unmanaged package

The Gardening App to the package

The Gardening App is now packaged

Using Force CLI to get your Metadata

John Stevenson

@jr0cket

agileforce.co.uk

So what is Git

force-cli.herokuapp.com

Connect Force CLI to your Salesforce Org

Using OAuth secure connection

force login

Connect Force CLI to your Salesforce Org

From the directory created by the Github client

force fetch package DreamforceHack --unpack

Versioning your Metadata

John Stevenson

@jr0cket

agileforce.co.uk

Github Client picks up changes automatically

Where to go next…

John Stevenson

@jr0cket

agileforce.co.uk

Resources

5pm TuesdayUsing Force.com CLI to quickly build, control and automate Salesforce apps

Git Cheetsheetdeveloper.salesforce.com/page/Cheat_Sheets

agileforce.co.uk

Thank you

developer.salesforce.com

John Stevenson

@jr0cket

agileforce.co.uk

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