How to perform better document version control on Excel files and SQL schema files

Question

I am in charge of several Excel files and SQL schema files. How should I perform better document version control on these files?

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Answer 1

My approach with Excel files is similar to Jon's, but instead of working with the raw Excel text data I export to more friendly formats.

Here is the tool that I use: https://github.com/stenci/ExcelToGit/tree/master

All you need is to download the .xlsm file (click the View Raw link on this page.) Don't forget to check the Excel setting as described in the readme. You can also add the code to export SQL data to text files.

The workbook is both a converter from binary Excel to text files and a launcher of the windows Git tools, and it can be used also with non Excel related projects.

My working version is configured with dozens of Excel workbooks. I use the file also to open Git-gui for non Excel projects, just adding the git folder by hand.