Understand the Basics

How it works

The cornerstone is the KISS. This basically means that we avoid reinventing the wheel and use Git (a source code management system) to manage the hard stuff (branch management, diff/merge...). But the plugin manages all the "plumbing" needed to provide a good user experience without requiring Git knowledge.

From a technical point of view, a model repository is nothing more than a Git server into which we will create one git repository per model (containing the model saved in the Grafico format).

Key User Interface elements

• Collaboration Workspace: allows quick access to all ArchiMate models managed by this plugin. Model icon change depending on sync state. This state is also visible in the status bar when a model is selected.
• Change History tab: show the list of commits done on selected model. Also allows access to older versions (Extract model from this commit) and rolling back changes (Restore to this commit and Undo the lastest commit).
• Collaboration menu: offers access to all features. They apply to the currently active model (ie. the model owning the view being edited and in focus, or the one that contains the select element in the model tree).
• Toolbar: offers quick access to main features. Also apply to the currently active model.