Git with AutoCAD Compare? Can we implement reviewing process (pull requests) into AutoCAD drawings?

[dan94kra]

AFAIK AutoCAD 2019 introduced for the first time Compare feature, which allows you to diff drawings. Could it be integrated with git/gitlab?

.gitattributes file allows you to specify merge and diff tool other than the default text-based. Gitlab LFS has a very nice workflow to work with large binary files like .dwg drawings.

I assume that this would require AutoCAD Compare feature to be accessible either as a standalone CLI or a library. Would it be possible/has it been done before?

[RobDraw]

Your question might be better served on the Customization & LISP forum,

[Anonymous]

Not really comparable in function.  Git and other diff tools work on a line-by-line comparison of text files and produce a concise and non fuzzy +/-/nochange diff result, while the AutoCAD compare checks drawing entities.

There's already a number of drawing management systems/EDMS which will handle the checking process without having to shoehorn software development terms and processes into something they weren't designed for.

[dan94kra]

Because 1. tools like Git have thousands of eyeballs watching over its development and 2. are truly polyglot aka let you observe progress over the entire project not just Autodesk/Microsoft/You-name-it silos.

The question relates not just to AutoCAD, but it is the most likely candidate.