Changing the directory structure to allow a PC used for PLC code editing to sync with the source code version control system
Difficulté
Moyen
Durée
30 minute(s)
Introduction
For many years, the source code for the PLCs has resided on the G:\drive and then a copy on each and every one of the PCs used to edit the code, so at least one on each machine. This is a recipe for disaster because maintaining all the copies and version numbers is incredibly difficult and adds a lot of time overhead to fixes and changes. This has worked becasue there has been only one developer, but this is set to change in future as more programmers will be trained and tracking versions becomes more difficult
From 2020, the PLC code version control has been improved by using an industry standard source control system called "Git" along with "BitBucket" to store the PLC code in the cloud. The program "SourceTree" is used to commit, push and pull the changes
Click here for an introduction to version control using Git
Étape 1 - Backup the Old Project
See this tutorial for backing up (archiving) a TwinCAT3 project
Étape 2 - Install Sourcetree on the PC
See this tutorial for installation instructions
Étape 3 - Clone the tcMulti repository
Clone the online repository to a new local directory c:\TwinCAT\stuga\versionControl
Check success by navigating to the folder - there should be 2 folders
PLC_Reset
tc3Multi
Étape 4 - Pull the latest tcMulti Projects
This will get the latest file versions from the cloud of tcMulti and PLC_Reset and copy into PLC_Reset and tc3Multi
Étape 5 - Change the PLC Projects to versionControl
- Open the machine's standard Visual Studio project file
- Right click on tc3Multi_6_24 and select Change Project
- Navigate to the versionControl folder\tc3Multi
Draft
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