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- 3monkeys, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Having used RCS, CVS and SVN, SVN is is far superior in a multi-developer dynamic environment. Branching and branch merging is still just a bit clunky.
- bigkm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7i set up a new repository for all my programming assignments, it makes it so easy, no more commenting out code just incase you need it later, (a simple svn up -r and its back.
i don't know how i did without it.
Oh and read this book if you are interested in using it.(knowing how it works)
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/ - hackwrench, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4But if one wanted to do something equivalent of putting a subversion repository into a zipfile how would one go about doing that? And reversing the process?
- tactless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4SVN & Trac are my absolute favorite for development.
- Phil246, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3you can use svnadmin ( part of the svn tools ) to dump the repository to a file or hotcopy it to another location, which can be zipped up / copied elsewhere / etc, and also to import such a dump to restore it.
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch05s03.html may also be useful for you - Grimboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I agree, trac has loads more features, like a wiki and stuff. I suppose the php thing is included because most people already run php, whereas you need to use fastcgi to set trac up (or mod_python if you put it on a dedicated server (and by dedicated I mean ONLY trac, not even media files for trac) and light-heavy (sort of like a reverse-proxy setup, but to spoonfeed clients.) helps with both mod_python and fastcgi's memory issues). It's a shame that conveniance of deployment is such a big factor, cause trac is awesome.
- meg33k, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Concur. SVN is fantastic and the availability to a vareity of clients makes accessability in a non-heterogenous environment very achievable. One article I wish someone would write is a real combat retelling of SVN deployment and implementation and operation.
- returnofmalv, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The beauty of content management systems like SVN is that they are useful for more than just code; works great for versioning written reports and powerpoint presentations.
- rolosworld, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1you should try GIT,
I was in love with svn... until I used git. The only disadvantage is it uses more disk space, but its faster and branches are handled nicely. - kzawah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Works on Ubuntu too, but watch out, the usermod syntax is different, if you type it in as it is, you will be removed from all groups except the subversion one, including sudoers!
Use usermod -Ga instead of usermod -G - AnimalMachine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, when I worked for my last company (with 2 other developers and a control-freak mba-wannabe boss), I pushed through an initiative to switch to svn from SourceSafe. One of the other developers whined constantly about every single thing regarding svn. The other just had a hard time grasping most of svn's concepts. Then my boss tried and failed to get a local copy of the repository so he could build it (who knows why ...).
Long story, short: Change can be hard for some people. Not everyone will be receptive to having to learn something so simple as a version control tool - even developers. - casted, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The best web interface for just general project development is trac (http://trac.edgewall.org/). It uses svn as it's source control. You should check it out, I have used it a few times, and its excellent.
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