Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:51:12 +0000 From: Frank Shute <frank@shute.org.uk> To: ss griffon <ssgriffonuser@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Revision control advice Message-ID: <20111222225112.GA58727@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAFYJ9ehcvoP%2BS%2BtacD2g8CZ-UmBHrNx9FSBXMyUUM7M26dbiXw@mail.gmail.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1112212011490.44046@tripel.monochrome.org> <4EF29AD7.5040807@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <CAFYJ9ehcvoP%2BS%2BtacD2g8CZ-UmBHrNx9FSBXMyUUM7M26dbiXw@mail.gmail.com>
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--1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 08:24:01PM -0700, ss griffon wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:49 PM, Da Rock > <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> wrote: > > On 12/22/11 11:37, Chris Hill wrote: > >> > >> Hello list, > >> > >> I apologize for this posting being not-much-on-topic, but my other > >> resources have come to naught and I think you folks may have some expe= rience > >> in this area. > >> > >> I'm looking to set up some sort of revision control system at work. Si= mple > >> enough, except that our situation is approximately the reverse of what= most > >> revision control systems are designed for. > >> > >> Unlike, e.g., FreeBSD kernel development, we have dozens or hundreds of > >> small, rapid-fire projects that are created at the rate of 3 to 20 per > >> month. They last a few days or a few months and are (usually) not deve= loped > >> afterward. Each project has one to three developers working on it, som= etimes > >> simultaneously. Usually it's one guy per project. > >> > >> Since my programmers are not necessarily UNIX-savvy, I'd like to deplo= y a > >> web interface for them which will allow them to create new repositories > >> (projects) as well as the normal checkin, checkout, etc. I want to set= this > >> up once, and from there on have the programmers deal with managing the= ir own > >> repos. And heaven forfend exposing them to the horrors of the shell. > >> > >> I've built a test server (9.0-RC3, amd64) for experimenting with this > >> stuff. So far I've installed and played with: > >> =A0- fossil. I like the simplicity and light weight, but it doesn't se= em to > >> allow creation of new repos at all (let alone multiple ones) from the = web > >> interface, and the documentation is meager. I've pretty much given up = on it. > >> =A0- subversion, which looks like the heavy hitter of RCSs, but it's n= ot at > >> all clear to me how to handle the multiple-project scenario. Still wor= king > >> on it. > >> =A0- git looks promising, but I have not installed it yet. > >> > >> If anyone can point me to a tool that might be suitable, I would be mo= st > >> grateful. > > > > I'd suggest subversion. It allows individual files to be versioned, you= can > > setup a webdav interface, and there are other tools that can help maint= ain > > it. > > > > Forget the individual repositories. Setup a single repository and have > > directories for each project. in each directory you can then setup trun= k, > > branches, whatever, as per best practices in the Book. > > > > Designate a person or two to administer, and use directory level auth, = or > > another alternative I haven't thought of. > > > > My 2c's anyway. HTH > > >=20 > Yeah I would second what Mr Rock says. Set up a single repo where > folders can be used for projects. Since svn lets you checkout sub > folders of a repo, each developer can check out the folder that > corresponds to their project. Also, Tortoise svn is a very nice > graphical utility that will allow your developers to manage there svn > folders without even needing a web interface (most non unix people > that I know like tortoise), so there is less maintenance for you :) > Finally, kudos to moving towards using version control, its an > important step for a software company. I'll 3rd the choice of Subversion. It's quite easy to setup and use. There's also the book online: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/index.html for you to read at your pleasure and which you can also point your users to. Regards, --=20 Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk7ztF8ACgkQHduKvUAgeK5RwQCg2P4ipWnazV+w4q61ZaU5yKp+ cfgAn13uOr+yBzkWuZF0dAh2+k85YZEt =/Ud0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7--
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