Tosca Integration with Git for Version Control

 Integrating Tricentis Tosca with Git enables teams to manage test assets with version control, enabling better collaboration, traceability, and change management. However, because Tosca uses a proprietary binary-based workspace format, integrating it with Git is not as straightforward as with plain text code. Here's a complete guide to doing it properly:

🔄 Overview: Tosca & Git Integration

Component Description

Tosca Model-based test automation tool

Git Distributed version control system

Goal Use Git to version control Tosca test artifacts

Challenge Tosca projects are stored in a binary .tws file

✅ Supported Integration Scenarios

Tricentis recommends using Tosca's multi-user workspace or Tosca Distributed Execution with Git. But here's how you can use Git with Tosca Classic Workspaces:

🔧 Setup Steps for Git Integration

1. Use Tosca's File-Based Classic Workspace

Ensure your Tosca workspace is stored as a file-based project (.tws) — not database-only.

Note: Git cannot track granular changes inside .tws files. But you can version them at the file level.

2. Initialize a Git Repository

In your Tosca workspace folder:

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git init

Then create a .gitignore to exclude irrelevant files:

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# .gitignore

*.lock

*.log

*.bak

*.tmp

~$*

3. Version Control Strategy

Option 1: Version Entire .tws File

This is simple but limits collaboration and conflict resolution.

Pros: Easy backup/versioning

Cons: Binary format → Git can't diff/merge

Option 2: Use Tosca Commander with Common Repository + Git Export

Export reusable test modules, test cases, and configurations as XML or CSV and store them in Git.

4. Team Collaboration Tip

If multiple testers are working on Tosca:

Use Tosca Server (Multi-User Repository) for collaboration

Then use Git to version exported artifacts or snapshots from the workspace

Avoid concurrent edits to the .tws file

🔄 Export Tosca Artifacts for Better Git Tracking

Tosca allows you to export test assets:

Right-click on modules/test cases → Export as XML/Excel

Save to a folder structure (e.g., /TestModules, /TestCases)

Track this structure in Git

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git add TestCases/

git commit -m "Exported regression suite"

✅ Best Practices

Tip Why It Matters

Avoid versioning .tws with frequent commits It’s large and binary; use for snapshots only

Export critical tests to readable formats Enables readable diffs in Git

Use branches for feature development Prevents workspace overwrite

Document manual steps Helps non-technical QA team members

❓ Alternative Tools for Better Integration

Tosca Integration with Azure DevOps/GitHub via CI/CD pipelines for test execution tracking

Use Tosca API (TCAPI) to extract and sync data with Git-friendly formats

Tricentis Test Management for Jira supports Git integration with test traceability

📌 Summary

Feature Supported with Git in Tosca?

Version control .tws ✅ (binary level only)

Track changes in modules ❌ (unless exported manually)

Multi-user collaboration ✅ via Tosca Server (not Git)

Merge conflict resolution ❌ (not for binary .tws)

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