I know I can copy all my MySQL code manually to files and then put those files into source control. But is there any way to do this automatically? I would like to do this to stored procedures, but also to table/event/trigger creation scripts. ...
Non breaking change is a term used to describe minor contributions which are supposed to not break anything and is abbreviated as NBC. Typical example include formatting a source file or adding a comment - it really, really should not break the build (of course there are always exceptional cases). Is this a common term in revision contr...
How can I query those of the labels in ClearCase with cleartool that have a specific attribute. I can list the labels with lstype -kind lbtype but I'd like to get only those that have an attribute called TestAttr. ...
I've read all the SO questions, the Coding Horror articles, and Googled my brains off searching for the best ways to revision control data. They all work and they all have their appropriate implementations based on use cases and so on. What I really want to know is why hasn't a database been written to natively support revisioning on the...
If I compile branch A, then switch to branch B, compile, and switch back to branch A. All the object files touched by the compile of branch B have to be recompiled! Normally one does not check-in object files, but there seems little choice here. What are the ideal working practices here? ...
I'm a Fossil (and CVS configuration) novice attempting to create and manage a set of distributed Fossil repositories for a Delphi project. I have the following directory tree on my development machine: Projects Some Project Delphi Components LookupListView Some Client Some Project For Client Some...
I travel a bit and I'm looking for a hosted vcs with good support for Visual Studio. My projects aren't open source so I need security as well. Any recommendations or suggestions? Thanks ...
I've started playing with Git and have come across the terms "upstream" and "downstream". I've seen these before but never understand them fully. What do these terms mean in the context of SCMs and source code? ...
I have a repository that is running subversion. Some users have not been committing regularly. I'd like to send out a weekly reminder to those that have not committed during the last week. Is there a way to determine when each users last submit date was? ...
Should multiple developers work within the same branch, and update - modify - commit ? Or should each developer have his/her own each branch exclusively? And how would sharing branches impact an environment where you are doing routine maintenance as opposed to unmaintained code streams? Also, how would this work if you deploy each develo...
Hello, I'm looking for a webbased solution like DropBox or a solution to integrate with DropBox where I can control the files like Microsoft Visual SourceSafe a check in/out system. Thanks in advance. ...
Does CVS allow committing a file to a different branch than the one it was checked out from? The man page and some sites suggest that we can do a cvs ci -r branch-1 file.c but it gives the following error: cvs commit: Up-to-date check failed for `file.c' cvs [commit aborted]: correct above errors first! I did a cvs diff -r branch...
For the sake of this question, I don't care about the difference between stubs, mocks, dummies, fakes, etc. Let's say I'm working on a project with one other person. I'm working on component A and he is working on component B. They work together, so I stub out B for testing, and he stubs out A. We're working in a DVCS, let's say Git, be...
I am trying to migrate to svn from a not-so-famous version control system (lets call it nsfvc). svn trunk was created some time ago from nsfvc's trunk. There is an active branch in nsfvc that I have to import to svn branch. The diff between nsfvc's trunk and branch is huge (updates, renames, additions, deletions, moves). How do I go abo...
What architectural changes would a DVCS need to be completely interoperable with Subversion? Many DVCSs have some kind of bidirectional interface with Subversion, but there are limitations and caveats. For instance, git-svn can create a repository that mirrors Subversion, and changes to that repo can be sent back to Subversion via 'dco...
I am new to Mercurial and trying to figure out if it could replace SVN. Everyone I work with has used SVN, CVS and VSS (shiver), so this could be quite a large change. I have been very interested after reading about its merge and branch capability, but have a few reservations. We are currently on SVN, and have one central repository. ...
I'm trying to use a simple mysql database but tweak it so that every field is backed up up to an indefinite number of versions. The best way I can illustrate this is by replacing each and every field of every table with a stack of all the values this field has ever had (each of these values should be timestamped). I guess it's kind of li...
Hello, I have been hearing a lot about the advantages of using a version control system and would like to try one. I was doing freelance web development in PHP for the past 2 years, two months back I hired two more programmer to help me. I will be hiring one more person soon. We maintain 4 websites, all of which are my own, which are co...
I made the mistake of creating a Subversion repository without the usual trunk, branches, and tags directories. That is, the root directory of the project maps to the root directory of the repository. Now I want to create a feature branch, but there's no good place to put it. What I'd like to do is move / to /trunk, preserving its proper...
I've installed CCNet and now I'm trying to set up a link to our repository. When I visit the CCNet dashboard website the project shows up ok, but when I click the Force button I receive this error in the messages column: Failing Tasks : FilteredSourceControl: CheckForModifications If I log into the server as the account which I've spe...