Re: Anyone here using source control?
Re: Anyone here using source control?
- Subject: Re: Anyone here using source control?
- From: Jeremy Reichman <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:37:04 -0400
- Thread-topic: Anyone here using source control?
>> We're likely moving to Mercurial -- which I'm already using quite
>> successfully for shell and Python scripts, and config files
>
> How's that working for you? I'm somewhat familiar with Subversion from
> using SourceForge, but distributed scm seems to be increasingly
> popular these days and the ability to work without being tied to a
> central server would be handy (e.g. when out of office). I get the
> impression it may also encourage more frequent checkins and make it
> easier to create experimental branches.
>
> I was also wondering if custom Git/Mercurial/other-distributed-scm
> hooks could be used to compile/decompile scripts on the fly when
> diffing/merging - does that sound a realistic/worthwhile option? Has
> anyone tried it?
I've been very happy with Mercurial, bit I can't say I put version control
through its paces. A primary benefit was how easy it was to install and use
for sys admins doing scripting. It's nice to be able to use it locally-only,
and we've also saved repositories/clones to file shares for shared storage.
When we used CVS, I don't think I had to roll back [knock on wood] to a
previous version. I've already done that, and a small amount of merging,
with Mercurial and it has worked well for me. The "fetch" extension for it
seems genuinely useful. And, one tip I've picked up (for DVCS in general) is
to not be afraid of cloning repositories.
I have heard of using hooks with Mercurial but haven't looked into that
topic. I get the impression that automation is possible with them, so maybe
what you suggested could be done.
The Mercurial on-line manual is decent and there's also a useful video about
it on Google Video (I think it was a Google Tech Talk), if you want to know
more about its design goals and assumptions.
--
Jeremy Reichman
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