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title: Continuous Integration Introduction
meta:
    description: Learn about the importance of CI/CD in Tinybird, how it integrates with Git, and the advantages it offers for managing real-time data projects.
---

# Prepare your data project for production

Tinybird's Git integration transforms data pipeline management and aligns it with established software development practices. Each Tinybird Workspace action relates to a specific Git commit, which provides a robust, version-controlled environment for your real-time data deployments. This brings your workflow closer to industry best practices.

## Why use version control?

Version control is a standard in software development and is now integral to building real-time data products with Tinybird. If your Workspace uses Tinybird's integration with Git, you can build real-time data products like any other software. You benefit from version control, isolated environments, CI/CD, and testing.

With this approach, you can treat and manage your real-time data like your code. Apply your existing software engineering knowledge and principles to your real-time data products.

When managing your Tinybird projects with version control, you can also:

- Sync Tinybird actions with your Git commits.
- Deploy semantically versioned Data Sources, Pipes, and API Endpoints as code.
- Use Branches to attach production data to non-production Branches, and test your data pipelines safely with real data.

If you're familiar with version control already, it should make testing, merging, and deploying your Tinybird data projects a familiar process.

Data teams can use Tinybird like software engineering teams: enforce standardized agreements for version control, code reviews, quality assurance, testing strategies, and continuous deployment.

## Next steps

- Get familiar with the core concepts: [Branches](/classic/work-with-data/organize-your-work/branches) and [Workspaces](/classic/administration/workspaces).
- Follow the version control tutorial to connect your Tinybird Workspace to version control: [Working with version control](/classic/work-with-data/organize-your-work/working-with-version-control).
- Explore the [repository of common use cases for iterating using version control](https://github.com/tinybirdco/use-case-examples) to try out how to iterate Tinybird projects with version control.