Of course, I would still suggest that users keep a copy of their snippets in a version-controlled location, but then this restricts sharing to users who can or will use source control. If you simply share your snippets, or any files really, using a shared folder, there is little protection from an undesirable change occurring. It’s served me well enough, but it does have a few issues, particularly the lack of control over the snippets you share.

Previously, I’ve described my “DIY solution” for sharing several different sources of SQL Prompt code snippets, in a single Snippet library, using just a shared folder (on Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, GitHub or similar) and source control. This is a guest post from Louis Davidson.