After you start tracking the source of a bunch of open source software, how do you keep your code in sync? Run svn update every time you want to look at or play with the code? It strikes me that it would be better to essentially start mirroring the code with (say) a cron job every night. Have people set up workflows to do this sort of t...
If i make a label in TFS, and later make a new label with the same name... then the old label is replaced by the new one. How do I prevent TFS from overwriting a label? ...
If I create a test suite for a development project, should those classes be kept under version control with the rest of the project code? ...
I have a file I need to move that's already under perforce. Once moved it needs some editing - update the package, etc - appropriate to its new location. Should I submit the move changespec and then reopen it for edit, or can I do this in one go? If so, what is the appropriate sequence of events? ...
I'm looking for a tool like Atlassian's FishEye. The alternatives I've found so far (like StatCVS, ViewCVS or Bonsai) are either lacking in features or are quite a pain to install and maintain. So before staying with one of these tools, I'd like to be sure I did not miss any other good, easy to install, open-source (prefereably java) ver...
I feel that my shop has a hole because we don't have a solid process in place for versioning our database schema changes. We do a lot of backups so we're more or less covered, but it's bad practice to rely on your last line of defense in this way. Surprisingly, this seems to be a common thread. Many shops I have spoken to ignore this i...
My development team uses source safe at a very basic level. We're moving into some more advanced and extended development cycles and I can't help but think that not using branching and merging in order to manage changes is going to be biting us very soon. What arguments did you find most useful in order to convince your team to move to...
Just started using SVN and I have a cache directory that I don't need under source control. How can I ignore the whole directory/folder with SVN? Edit: Using Versions and TextMate on OSX and commandline ...
Do you keep project files like Eclipse's .project, .classpath, .settings under version control (e.g. subversion)? ...
Some files in our repository are individual to each developer. For example some developers use a local database, which is configured in a properties file in the project. So each developer has different settings. When one developer commits, he always has to take care to not commit his individually configured files. How do you handle this...
I use Perforce for source control at work and I want to 'open for edit' files that under source control from within Emacs. How can that be done? What do I need to setup in Emacs? Is there a plug in? I also want to perform other p4 operations such as submitting my changes, etc. ...
The subversion concept of branching appears to be focused on creating an [un]stable fork of the entire repository on which to do development. Is there a mechanism for creating branches of individual files? For a use case, think of a common header (*.h) file that has multiple platform-specific source (*.c) implementations. This type of b...
Hey guys, I am currently working on a project and it's grown to a decent size, but I am the only developer. We currently don't use any version control, but I definitely need to start. I wanted to use Subversion but I was wondering what would be the best way to transfer an existing project to it. I have a test server that I use for devel...
Hi guys, Just a small SVN "problem" here. I setup my own SVN server http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001093.html Now I made a rep in which all my projects will go. Now, I checked the rep out in a folder called "Projects". Now If I make a project and check it in, that project is revision 1. If I make a second project, and ch...
Does anyone know of a tool to integrate Mercurial into Visual Studio? Just curious. Mercurial is pretty nice, even with 'just' TortoiseHG, but integration with VS would be better. ...
What are the recommendations for including your compiler, libraries, and other tools in your source control system itself? In the past, I've run into issues where, although we had all the source code, building an old version of the product was an exercise in scurrying around trying to get the exact correct configuration of Visual Studio...
I run my blog using Wordpress and all too recently became a big believer in SCM. I really want to put my site into subversion (that's what I'm using right now, maybe git will come later) but I can't think of the correct way to do it yet. Basically, my repository is set up currently with an 'implementation' directory and a 'resources' d...
I'm looking for an overview over different source code control policies. I only came across the Main-Line policy and would like to better know others before committing to one with the team. Can someone provide a link to an overview or even give me some names of policies so I can launch google on it? ...
I'm wondering if the need to alter the indentation of code to adjust the nesting has any adverse effects on merging changes in a system like SVN. This is a really open ended question. I'm sort of fishing for information/anecdotes here. Edit: Thanks all! I'd accept an answer but which one? I up moded them all. ...
For one and a half years, I have been keeping my eyes on the git community in hopes of making the switch away from SVN. One particular issue holding me back is the inability to lock binary files. Throughout the past year I have yet to see developments on this issue. I understand that locking files goes against the fundamental principle...