Notebook Version Control

Easily maintain multiple versions of a Notebook in GIT Lab.

Pre-requisite: Make sure that the Version control settings for the DSL plugin are configured by your administrator before you use this functionality.

Check out a walk-through on the Version Control Functionality for Notebook.

Pushing to and Pulling from VCS functionality for a Notebook

Pushing a Notebook to the VCS

• Select a Notebook from the displayed Notebook list.

• Select the Ellipsis icon to open the Actions context menu.

• Click the Push into VCS option for the Notebook.​

Push to VCS option for Notebook

• The Push into Version Controlling System dialog box appears.

• Provide a Commit Message.

• Click the Push option.​

Push into Version Control System dialog box

• A notification message appears to inform the success of the action.​ The Notebook version gets pushed to the VCS.

Notification message after the Push to VCS functionality is performed on a Notebook

Pulling a Notebook from the VCS

• Navigate to the Notebook list given under a Project.

• Click the Ellipsis icon to open the Notebook Actions

• Click the Pull from VCS option for the Notebook.

Pull from VCS icon for a Notebook

• The Pull from Version Controlling System dialog box opens.

• Select the version that you wish to pull by using the checkbox.

• Click the Pull option.

Pull from Version Controlling System dialog box for Notebook

• A notification message appears to inform the success of the action.

• The pulled version of the selected Notebook gets updated in the Notebook list.

Notification message when a version of the Notebook gets pulled​

Please Note:

• The Push into VCS and Pull from VCS options are also used while working with a Pulled Notebook. Refer to the Pull from Git page provided under the Import Notebook section of the documentation to know it in detail.

• Refer the Data Science Lab Quick Start Flow page to get an overview of the Data Science Lab module in nutshell.