draw.io with Git source control management?

Publish Date: Jul 25 '19

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I'm a huge fan of draw.io - a tool used to draw network topology, UML, architecture & more. Our team uses the tool pretty heavily, albeit independent to each other and not necessarily sharing.

I had a thought.. you have the ability to export as .xml. Each user edits their diagram, exports as .xml (to device) and adds to the SCM repository. If another user wants to edit it, they check-out the branch.. make their edits and check in/add a pull request/etc.

Quick diagram using draw.io:

draw.io + SCM = success?

Has anyone else used this type of combination?

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GonzaloDec 11, 2019

Hi Troy! Did you found any solution? Thank you
headkaceAug 10, 2020
Is still a great idea. I would love to be using draw.io this way. Probably, needs to be a feature request to draw.io to support this. :/
- TroyAug 10, 2020
  Definitely! Thanks for the input!
  - headkaceAug 15, 2020
    And, someone has already put in the request: github.com/jgraph/drawio/issues/685 . We can go and give it a big thumbs-up.
William McKenzieMay 12, 2021
So, a pretty reasonable workflow would be to clone the repository, and open it up in visual studio code, which has an extension with a full drawio editor. I usually save as .drawio.svg.
Victor Cleber LaureanoMar 30, 2023
Wow.. it is exactly what i need right now
袁官东Oct 17, 2024
If you need to design 3D software architecture diagram, you can try iCraft Editor : icraft.gantcloud.com/editor

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draw.io with Git source control management?

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