# How do you handle SQlite3 files between branches in git **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [April 1, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-handle-sqlite3-files-between-branches-in-git/164438 "2009-04-01T13:15:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MartOn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@MartOn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MartOn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-handle-sqlite3-files-between-branches-in-git/164438/1 "2009-04-01T13:15:50Z")
Hello I now this should maybe be put in a git group, but I guessing many rails developers (if using sqlite3) for development have a good idea… I have an application with different branches, so my SQlite3 file get dependant on branch. I have the file ignored by git, so changing branch will keep my database. but what I really would like was it to switch to the last from that branch? I´m not sure this is clever… thats why I am asking you developers, how do you handle this? /MartOn ---
**Author:** ![MartOn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@MartOn](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/MartOn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-do-you-handle-sqlite3-files-between-branches-in-git/164438/2 "2009-04-01T15:18:10Z")
MartOn wrote: > Hello > I now this should maybe be put in a git group, but I guessing many > rails developers (if using sqlite3) for development have a good idea… > > I have an application with different branches, so my SQlite3 file get > dependant on branch. > I have the file ignored by git, so changing branch will keep my > database. > > but what I really would like was it to switch to the last from that > branch? > I�m not sure this is clever… > > thats why I am asking you developers, how do you handle this? > > /MartOn What I do is add \*.sqlite3 to my .gitignore file, so it’s no longer an issue. Other developers that might be working on the project probably don’t want your database files in their clone anyway.