What's New in Grafana 13.1: Git Sync - Easier Importants, Easier READMEs & Signing

Grafana 13.1 cuts down on GitOps pain by making Git Sync stronger — import dashboards to Git with a click, see your repo READMEs inside Grafana, and sign every commit for security-strict teams.

In this short walkthrough, you'll see Git Sync's bidirectional flow between Grafana OSS/Cloud and a GitHub repo, then three improvements in 13.1: (1) Importing a JSON dashboard now opens a pull request automatically with a unique branch and identifier, so getting dashboards into Git is one click instead of a manual workflow. (2) READMEs in your repo are pulled directly into Grafana when Git Sync is linked to a folder, keeping documentation next to the dashboards it describes. (3) Commit signing — GPG, SSH, or S/MIME — can be enabled in the provisioning settings so every commit Git Sync makes to your branch is signed automatically, for teams with stricter security requirements.

If your team is still managing dashboards manually, now is a great time to get started with Git Sync and bring your dashboard workflows right into Git.

Links/resources:
See what's new in 13.1: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/whatsnew/whats-new-in-v13-1/
Get started with the Grafana Cloud forever-free tier: https://grafana.com/g/cloud
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