version-control

Are there any good, cross platform, Mac, Win32, *nix, Git GUI clients?

It should also support SSH2 and public key auth for starters. secondly on Mac/Windows it should have a decent installer. ...

SVN mark major version

Sorry, I'm new to SVN and I looked around a little for this. How do you mark a major version in SVN, kind of like set up a restore point. Right now I just setup my server and added all my files- I've been intermittently committing different changes. When I have something in a stable state is there a way to mark this so I can easily rever...

Synchronize SourceSafe with SVN

Our company has a policy imposing the requirement of keeping source code in a SourceSafe repository. I've tried hard to persuade the management to migrate to SVN with no success (whcih is an another issue, anyway). As I and few of my colleagues use SVN repository placed on my computer (via Apache), I made a PowerShell script which does...

Which would you rather use: VisualSVN or AnkhSVN?

Which is easier to use in a team environment? Which is less buggy? Which do you think is "better" and why? ...

Where to start with source-control

Anyone have any suggestions on where to start for a newbie wanting to try out some sort of source-control along with a new journey into ASP.NET? SVN, VSS, CVS...I dont even know where to start! ...

Setting the SVN "execute" bit in a Subversion repository using TortiseSVN or command line SVN

I've got an open-source app that is hosed at code.google.com. It is cross platform ( Linux / Windows / Mac ). I uploaded the code initially from a WinXP machine using TortiseSVN and it seems that none of the "configure" batch files that are used for the linux build have their "execute" bits set. What would be the easiest way to set the...

Version control for binaries

What version control systems would be useful or have extra features to support projects that are mainly binary files like mp3, wav, or proprietary application-specific file types? ...

Code review addin for Visual Studio

This isn't so much as a question, as an idea which I think would be helpful. I decided to post it here to get feedback on the idea. I'm not sure if this isn't exactly the right place to post it, but I wanted to see what you guys think. My idea is to create an code checkin policy which displays a diff of each modified file. To be able to...

How often to commit changes to source control ?

How often should I commit changes to source control ? After every small feature, or only for large features ? I'm working on a project and have a long-term feature to implement. Currently, I'm committing after every chunk of work, i.e. every sub-feature implemented and bug fixed. I even commit after I've added a new chunk of tests for s...

What is the optimal way to organize shared .net assemblies in SVN?

We are starting a new SOA project with a lot of shared .net assemblies. The code for these assemblies will be stored in SVN. In development phase, we would like to be able to code these assemblies as an entire solution with as little SVN 'friction' as possible. When the project enters more of a maintenance mode, the assemblies will ...

Favorite option for source control under $70?

I'm looking for a decent paid source control solution for a singer-user, great compatibility with Visual Studio 05/08, and less than $70. What is your recommendation? What separates it from the other options available? How well does it scale to multiple users? ...

Importing/exporting history in Team System

Are there any import and export tools that would let us move projects into and out of team system with full history and log? Our current SCM is SVN. PS - Sorry, I know it's a repost, but I didn't get an answer before... :) ...

Comparison between Centralized and Distributed Version Control Systems

What are the benefits and drawbacks with using Centralized versus Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS)? Have you run into any problems in DVCS and how did you safeguard against these problems? Keep the discussion tool agnostic and flaming to minimum. For those wondering what DVCS tools are available, here is a list of the best kno...

Free version control services?

What free version control service would you recommend? I'm not looking for a complete project management service like Sourceforge, just something so I don't have to run a SVN/GIT server myself. ...

TortoiseSVN Error: "OPTIONS of 'https://...' could not connect to server (...)"

I'm trying to setup a new computer to synchronize with my SVN repository that's hosted with cvsdude.com. I get this error: Here's what I did (these have worked in the past): Downloaded and installed TortoiseSVN Created a new folder C:\aspwebsite Right-clicked, chose SVN Checkout... Entered the following information, clicked OK: U...

What are some GUI clients available for Mercurial?

And where would I find them? I happen to be stuck with Windows at the moment, but to appeal to general interest, other platforms would be good too. ...

Tools to work with stored procedures in Oracle, in a team ?

What tools do you use to develop Oracle stored procedures, in a team : To automatically "lock" the current procedure you are working with, so nobody else in the team can make changes to it until you are finished. To automatically send the changes you make in the stored procedure, in an Oracle database, to a Subversion, CVS, ... reposit...

source control with VB2005 Express

Can anyone suggest a good source control system that interfaces with VB2005 Express? As the Express editions of Visual Studio do not allow add-ins does this mean that I will not be able to integrate source control into the IDE? I'm used to the check-in/check-out process of SourceSafe integrated into VB6. Can anyone recommend TortoiseSVN ...

How does replication in team foundation server work.

We have two offices in different states and issues with performance when using integrated source control over the WAN. We were contemplating using replication in TFS to allow both office to have fast and robust connectivity. We need to understand network load, speed of access, how conflicts are managed. ...

How do I diff two spreadsheets?

We have a lot of spreadsheets (xls) in our subversion repository. These are usually edited with gnumeric or openoffice.org, and are mostly used to populate databases for unit testing with dbUnit. There are no easy ways of doing diffs on xls files that I know of, and this makes merging extremely tedious and error prone. I've found Spre...