# Build with confidence with Schema Diff & Protected Branches

DevFeed: [Build with confidence with Schema Diff & Protected Branches](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/build-with-confidence-with-schema-diff-protected-branches-5076.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/build-with-confidence-with-schema-diff-protected-branches>)

Author: Raouf Chebri

Published: 2024-04-16T13:33:07Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Database](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database.md>), [protected branches](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protected-branches.md>), [Structured-data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/structured-data.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Database Migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/database-migration.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>)

Tags: [code-review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code-review.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [postgres](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/postgres.md>), [protected-branches](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protected-branches.md>), [schema](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/schema.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>)

## AI overview

Neon's article introduces schema diff and protected branches for Neon database branching. It explains how schema diff compares a branch's current and past schemas, including its use in debugging, code review, and collaboration, and demonstrates the feature in the Neon Console.

## Source excerpt

Neon helps teams ship with confidence without compromising development velocity. One of its features that contributes to that is database branching. In this post, we will explore two new features related to database branching: schema diff and protected branches. Database branches...