I've recently taken over a project from another consulting firm. I'm assuming this can happen somewhat frequently in the industry so I'm wondering how I should setup my Source Control Repository.
Should I create one repository simply for this application/client, and then create others as we do more work?
Of should I just dump everything into one single repository.
Thanks guys!
You need to be able to deliver the full source control repo to the customer as it is probably their work product (e.g., work-for-hire). I recommend using one repo per customer. I had them all in one area //depot/clients/CorpA, //depot/clients/cust-b, etc.
Made it easy for me to burn a CD with their project at the end of a contract, and by deleting the entire tree I could provide reliable assurance that I had destroyed all my copies of their IP.
One repository per client. This will give you a much easier method to hand off the application, change development environments, etc..