It is terrible, and we hate it, but let's be real: sometimes Excel spreadsheets support business-critical processes :(

When a spreadsheet becomes business-critical, especially for infrequently edited ones, it is nice to get it into source control. It is easy to imagine the benefits - for example, detailed change tracking (i.e., who changed what cell and when, and what was the reason?).

But Excel spreadsheets are binary files, not text-based source control - so getting detailed change tracking is not particularly straightforward!

This session will explore this wacky use case for source control and get the speaker's Chicago native plants "database" under proper source control to unlock community contributions!