# Add a blade to source control

If you keep a managed version of the Caplin Platform Deployment Framework in a source control system for distribution to developers, you might want to include some Platform blades in the source-controlled Framework - Caplin-supplied ones, and/or blades you’ve developed yourself. Here’s how to do this...

1. Take the packed (zipped) blade kit (see How Can I... [Package a custom blade](cdf-package-a-custom-blade.md))
2. Add the kit to the Deployment Framework’s _<Framework-root>/kits/_ directory in source control
3. Developers can then use source control commands to retrieve the blade for local use, and deploy it.

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**See also:**

* [Retrieve a blade from source control](cdf-retrieve-a-blade-from-source-control.md)
* [Add the Deployment Framework to source control](cdf-add-the-deployment-framework-to-source-control.md)
* [Retrieve the Deployment Framework from source control](cdf-retrieve-the-deployment-framework-from-source-control.md)