Re: Thoughts on choosing a source code control system?
Re: Thoughts on choosing a source code control system?
- Subject: Re: Thoughts on choosing a source code control system?
- From: Mark Morris <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:13:06 -0600
My experience goes along with Janine's. Even when it's just me on a
project, I still prefer to use source control. For me, the ability
to get back to any previous version of a file or to a previous
release is worth the small overhead, and I'm not sure how I would
manage collaboration without it.
I've been using cvs for many years, and was very happy with the CVL
client (from <www.sente.ch>). However, I've recently started using
Subversion, due to the improvements over cvs, and simply to become
familiar with it. I'm just using the command line and Xcode's
integration, and that seems acceptable until it gets improved or
until I find a better client.
Regards,
Mark
On Mar 12, 2006, at 7:49 PM, email@hidden wrote:
The first couple of years we were in business I mostly worked by
myself (we had other programmers but they each had their own
project). My source code control method was to make a copy of the
source file, with the date appended to the name, before I worked on
it. Other than the occasional time when I forgot to do this, the
method worked fine and served me well. Having all the previous
versions of the file right there came in very handy on more than
one occasion.
However, time marched on and I started working on one website with
several other programmers; we were all doing maintenance work and
so there was no way to prevent people from stepping on each other.
That was when we adopted CVS, because it was the only package we
all knew how to use. Least pain for most gain.
In the beginning our WO projects will be mine alone, so I could
forgo source code control once again, but using it is now part of
my work process and I don't really want to go back to having to
remember to make copies of files. Having it also makes it easier
to transfer only stable code to the live site.
So while I don't dispute your assertion, I think having one is the
right choice for us. Thankfully I am the management (or
damagement, take your pick :) and I get to make the hopefully
informed decisions that others will follow.
janine
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