# Does node-red have track changes so any changes can be restored

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-have-track-changes-so-any-changes-can-be-restored/41177>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [17 February 2021 16:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-have-track-changes-so-any-changes-can-be-restored/41177 "2021-02-17T16:23:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![kelster101757](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb8c5e/32.png) [@kelster101757](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/kelster101757)\
**Post date:** [17 February 2021 16:23 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-have-track-changes-so-any-changes-can-be-restored/41177/1 "2021-02-17T16:23:13Z")

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Hello, does node-red track changes so any changes can be restored? I use git for other programming languages but not sure what the equivalent are for node-red?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)\
**Post date:** [17 February 2021 16:40 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-have-track-changes-so-any-changes-can-be-restored/41177/2 "2021-02-17T16:40:05Z")

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Hi @kelster101757

there is the projects feaure which you can enabled in your settings file and gives you git integration in the editor.

[https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/projects/](https://nodered.org/docs/user-guide/projects/)

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**Author:** ![Colin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/colin/32/17040_2.png) [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)\
**Post date:** [17 February 2021 16:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-have-track-changes-so-any-changes-can-be-restored/41177/3 "2021-02-17T16:52:32Z")

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If you don't want to use the Projects feature then you can use git manually by committing files in the .node-red directory. This `.gitignore` file will mask the ones you don't need

```auto
*.backup*
node_modules
context
.config.users.json

```

`.config.users.json` contains information about how the editor is laid out so changes often, but you might want to commit that, or you might not.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [18 April 2021 16:52 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/does-node-red-have-track-changes-so-any-changes-can-be-restored/41177/4 "2021-04-18T16:52:57Z")

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