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How is the best way to control version with power automate desktop.

Does exist how to integrate with Git Service or other control version tool?

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No direct integration with any version/source control in PAD alone. If you use a free version of PAD, the only way to do it is to copy the actions out of your flow manually to a text file and then push them to Git. See this step by step explanation on how to copy the actions, if you're not familiar with it: https://www.wiseowl.co.uk/blog/s2989/copy-flow.htm

But the general idea is that you can easily just select all your actions, copy them and paste them into a text file, which will result in Robin code.

If you have a Premium license, you can actually build solutions in cloud flows and export them. This includes some versioning there, and it also exports several files. One of those actually contains the entire code for the desktop flows that are inside the solution. This is clearly an easier way to get it and you can then push it to Git. See this for more reference on solutions: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/overview-solution-flows

There is also some ALM apps available that allow having a direct integration with Git when you export a solution from one environment and import it to another one (which is the best practice - having separate environments for development and production). This requires having Premium Power Apps licenses in addition to Power Automate licensing, though, as the ALM apps themselves are built using Power Apps.

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