Advanced Topics

The State Tool is much more than a package manager. It offers innovative ways to customize and work with your project, making your development process streamlined and pain-free. Below are some more advanced uses for the State Tool.

📄️ Git Hooks

If your activestate.yaml file is under Git version control, you can configure Git to automatically update your ActiveState Platform Runtime each time you switch branches or pull in remote changes.

📄️ Secrets

The State Tool has a secret management solution built in for managing any confidential values required by your coding project.

📄️ Version Locking

What is "Locking"?