# GitHub repo of Anki cards? **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [December 28, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/github-repo-of-anki-cards/38918 "2023-12-28T13:10:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrislg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/chrislg/32/32411_2.png) [@chrislg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/chrislg)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/github-repo-of-anki-cards/38918/1 "2023-12-28T13:10:10Z")
I would like to keep a versioning system for changes of my notes and cards. Would git be a good option ? ---
**Author:** ![CravingCrates](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/cravingcrates/32/16194_2.png) [@CravingCrates](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/CravingCrates)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/github-repo-of-anki-cards/38918/2 "2023-12-28T15:38:37Z")
Yeah you can do that. I think this Add-on is what you are looking for: [GitHub - Stvad/CrowdAnki: Plugin for Anki SRS designed to facilitate cooperation on creation of notes and decks.](https://github.com/Stvad/CrowdAnki/) ---
**Author:** ![chrislg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/chrislg/32/32411_2.png) [@chrislg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/chrislg)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/github-repo-of-anki-cards/38918/3 "2023-12-28T16:01:25Z")
Unfortunately it doesn’t work well with the latest Anki version. > Anki 23.12.1 (1a1d4d54) (src) (ao) > Python 3.9.15 Qt 6.6.1 PyQt 6.6.1 > Platform: Linux-6.6.8-arch1-1-x86\_64-with-glibc2.38 > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File “/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/dist/dulwich/file.py”, line 148, in **init** > fd = os.open( > FileExistsError: [Errno 17] File exists: ‘/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/user\_files/Chris/MyDeck\_\_Medicine\_\_a\_YelloW\_deck\_\_The\_ABSITE\_Review\_\_5th\_edition\_\_Chapter\_15\_\_Trauma/.git/objects/3c/9a31cef15582487e1dad1fde925062de89958a.lock’ > > The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File “/home/chris/anki/ankidev/qt/aqt/progress.py”, line 118, in handler > func() > File “/home/chris/anki/ankidev/qt/aqt/main.py”, line 218, in on\_window\_init > fn() > File “/home/chris/anki/ankidev/qt/aqt/main.py”, line 317, in setupProfile > self.loadProfile() > File “/home/chris/anki/ankidev/qt/aqt/main.py”, line 496, in loadProfile > gui\_hooks.profile\_did\_open() > File “/home/chris/anki/ankidev/out/qt/\_aqt/hooks.py”, line 4107, in **call** > anki.hooks.runHook(“profileLoaded”) > File “/home/chris/anki/ankidev/pylib/anki/hooks.py”, line 34, in runHook > func(\*args) > File “/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/history/archiver\_vendor.py”, line 42, in snapshot\_on\_sync > self.do\_snapshot(‘CrowdAnki: Snapshot on sync’) > File “/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/history/archiver\_vendor.py”, line 50, in do\_snapshot > self.all\_deck\_archiver().archive(overrides=self.overrides(), > File “/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/history/archiver.py”, line 23, in archive > self.deck\_archiver\_supplier(deck).archive(reason=reason) > File “/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/history/anki\_deck\_archiver.py”, line 22, in archive > repo.stage\_all() > File “/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/history/dulwich\_repo.py”, line 32, in stage\_all > self.dulwich\_repo.stage(status.untracked + status.unstaged) > File “/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/dist/dulwich/repo.py”, line 1374, in stage > self.object\_store.add\_object(blob) > File “/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/dist/dulwich/object\_store.py”, line 940, in add\_object > with GitFile(path, “wb”, mask=PACK\_MODE) as f: > File “/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/dist/dulwich/file.py”, line 92, in GitFile > return \_GitFile(filename, mode, bufsize, mask) > File “/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/dist/dulwich/file.py”, line 154, in **init** > raise FileLocked(filename, self.\_lockfilename) from exc > dulwich.file.FileLocked: (‘/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/user\_files/Chris/MyDeck\_\_Medicine\_\_a\_YelloW\_deck\_\_The\_ABSITE\_Review\_\_5th\_edition\_\_Chapter\_15\_\_Trauma/.git/objects/3c/9a31cef15582487e1dad1fde925062de89958a’, ‘/home/chris/.local/share/Anki2/addons21/1788670778/user\_files/Chris/MyDeck\_\_Medicine\_\_a\_YelloW\_deck\_\_The\_ABSITE\_Review\_\_5th\_edition\_\_Chapter\_15\_\_Trauma/.git/objects/3c/9a31cef15582487e1dad1fde925062de89958a.lock’) > > ===Add-ons (active)=== > (add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed]) > Button Colours Good Again [‘2494384865’, 2022-09-27T12:18, ‘None’, ‘’] > CrowdAnki JSON exportimport Edit history Collaborate on deck creation [‘1788670778’, 2023-10-30T19:57, ‘None’, mod] > Edit Field During Review Cloze [‘385888438’, 2023-11-01T05:53, ‘6.17’, mod] > FSRS4Anki Helper [‘759844606’, 2023-12-27T08:23, ‘None’, mod] > Hint Hotkeys [‘1844908621’, 2023-04-14T16:13, ‘None’, ‘’] > Review Heatmap [‘1771074083’, 2022-06-30T03:43, ‘None’, ‘’] > > ===IDs of active AnkiWeb add-ons=== > 1771074083 1788670778 1844908621 2494384865 385888438 759844606 > > ===Add-ons (inactive)=== > (add-on provided name [Add-on folder, installed at, version, is config changed]) > AnkiHub [‘1322529746’, 2023-12-27T21:22, ‘None’, ‘’] ---
**Author:** ![chrislg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/chrislg/32/32411_2.png) [@chrislg](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/chrislg)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/github-repo-of-anki-cards/38918/4 "2023-12-28T16:02:56Z")
I also thought of creating a script that dumps the Anki’s collection database and then use git version control ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/github-repo-of-anki-cards/38918/5 "2024-01-27T16:03:16Z")
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