What are version control tools used with Selenium like SVN and GIT?

Version control tools are essential for managing your Selenium automation framework source code. They track changes, support collaboration, and allow rollback to previous versions.

Most Common Tools

Git is a distributed version control system. Every developer has a full copy of the repository locally.

# Initialize a repository
git init

# Add files to staging
git add src/test/java/tests/LoginTest.java

# Commit with message
git commit -m "Add login test automation"

# Push to remote (GitHub)
git push origin main

# Pull latest changes from team
git pull origin main

# Create a feature branch
git checkout -b feature/payment-tests

SVN is a centralized version control system — all code lives on a single server.

# Check out repository
svn checkout http://svn.company.com/repo/selenium-framework

# Add new file
svn add src/tests/NewTest.java

# Commit changes
svn commit -m "Add new regression test"

# Update local copy
svn update

Git vs SVN Comparison

Why Version Control Matters for Selenium

• ✓Track who changed which test and when
• ✓Merge changes from multiple team members
• ✓Roll back broken test code instantly
• ✓Trigger CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) on push
• ✓Maintain separate branches for different sprints or releases