It seems that when I use a tool (such as winmerge) to update my codebase... my Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) integration with Team Foundation Server (TFS) doesn't seem to pick it up. How do I know which files to check out and check back in? Is there something I am missing? Is this a feature that isn't part of VSTS & TFS? ...
What is the best way to keep your configuration files (e.g httpd.conf, my.cnf, .bashrc ...) under version control? In adition to the versioning benefit, I want the solution to work as backup as well, so that I can bring a brand new server and checkout (or export) the config files out of SVN directly A good touch will be to store the con...
We are considering using ClearCase Multisite to enable the offshore development team. The other option is the ClearCase Remote Client using the local (onshore) ClearCase installation. Has anyone had experiences using Multisite? Is the synchronization and management hassle worth offshore being able to use the fat client? ...
It seems rather common (around here, at least) for people to recommend SVN to newcomers to source control because it's "easier" than one of the distributed options. As a very casual user of SVN before switching to Git for many of my projects, I found this to be not the case at all. It is conceptually easier to set up a DCVS repository w...
Every time I make a project I develop several generic routines/modules/libraries that I expect I'll be using with other projects. Due to the speed of development I don't spend a lot of time making these modules perfect - just good enough for this project, and well enough documented and isolatable that I can easily add them to another pr...
We have developed a software system using ActiveX/COM (VB6) technology from microsoft. In the last year, i get more and more interested in automated build processes and SCM at a whole. I intensively searched big parts of the web for information about best practices how to do scm with COM based software systems. The "problem" with COM is...
Or would a conventional client-server VCS be more appropriate? I'm currently using TortoiseSVN, but I'm interested in a DVCS, but I'm not sure if it's even a good idea to try to use something like that solo. ...
Our development uses lots of open-source code and I'm trying to figure out what the best way to manage these external dependencies. Our current configuration: we are developing for both linux and windows We use svn for our own code external dependencies (boost, log4cpp, etc) are not stored in svn. Instead I put them under ./extern (or...
Is it even possible? Basically, there's a remote repository from which I pull using just: git pull Now, I'd like to preview what this pull would change (a diff) without touching anything on my side. The reason is that thing I'm pulling might not be "good" and I want someone else to fix it before making my repository "dirty". ...
I'm currently reviewing the benefits of moving from SVN to a SourceGear Vault. Has anyone got advice or a link to a detailed comparison between the two? Bear in mind I would have to move my current Source Control system across which works strongly in SVN's favor Here is some info I have found out thus far from my own investigations. I ...
My problem: There are numerous (>100) tools the development teams use which are "home" written. They are sometimes a perl script, or a "web page", or just something that does a couple of small functions. I need to find a way (as part of my "Middle Manager in charge of tools" job) to collect these into a single catalogue. None of these...
I have a client who is using one TFS project just for source control only and now wants to manage work items in a totally different TFS project, using a different process template, and intends to link changesets to work items across TFS projects. I know that this is possible in TFS, but don't know what the limitations or issues that com...
Has anyone seen a tool that will integrate code coverage results with SCM/VCS to attribute untested lines of code to developers? For example, is there a tool that will take NCover's Coverage.Xml, combine it with SVN blame, and produce a report that tells me things like developer who commits most untested code? ...
We use Visual Studio 2008 and Surround SCM for source control. SCM drops files into each directory named ".MySCMServerInfo" which are user specific data files that shouldn't be checked into source control. They are similar to the .scc files dropped by Visual Source Safe. We also have several WAPs (Web Application Projects) that we deve...
I'm involved with updating an Access solution. It has a good amount of VBA, a number of queries, a small amount of tables, and a few forms for data entry & report generation. It's an ideal candidate for Access. I want to make changes to the table design, the VBA, the queries, and the forms. How can I track my changes with version con...
We don't currently have our SQL Server objects in any form of source control. We recently installed TFS 2008 and I'd like to get our SQL server code added. I think I could script all of the database and create script files for each object, but I'm hoping there is a way to point to a database in SSMS and create a project that can be added...
I'm part of a small team (usually just two people), I handle the code, he handles the graphic design. In the past I've used CVS to handle version control of the code files, and while we've included the graphics in the repository, he hasn't derived nearly as much value from it as I have. Are there other packages that provide the bette...
Right now, my SVN repository is on my laptop's HDD (although I use a code hosting service for more "critical" personal projects) and I just copy the directory over on a weekly basis (which will eventually be scripted or perhaps I'll make an app for the hell of it). Am I at risk for corrupting my SVN repository? So far, I haven't had any ...
My employer uses Visual Source Safe for version control, there are many problems with it's implementation, from the fact it's partly used as a document repository, to the problem that some repositories are approaching 20gb. I want to move the company onto Subversion but I'm having problems finding concrete statistics of why it's better,...
I'm trying to upgrade my subversion server (I have it hosted with Dreamhost) This is what I run: wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-1.5.2.tar.bz2 wget http://subversion.tigris.org/downloads/subversion-deps-1.5.2.tar.bz2 tar -xjf subversion-1.5.2.tar.bz2 tar -xjf subversion-deps-1.5.2.tar.bz2 cd subversion-1.5.2 ./c...