Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:07:37 -0500 From: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com> To: ss griffon <ssgriffonuser@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Revision control advice Message-ID: <CAKYr3zwnRAj-quhJ8iL4DGuRatGLPHQPLD958WQyAFeS=GW4fg@mail.gmail.com> 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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On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:24 PM, ss griffon <ssgriffonuser@gmail.com> wrot= e: > 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 exper= ience >>> in this area. >>> >>> I'm looking to set up some sort of revision control system at work. Sim= ple >>> 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 devel= oped >>> afterward. Each project has one to three developers working on it, some= times >>> simultaneously. Usually it's one guy per project. >>> >>> Since my programmers are not necessarily UNIX-savvy, I'd like to deploy= 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 thei= r 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 see= m to >>> allow creation of new repos at all (let alone multiple ones) from the w= eb >>> interface, and the documentation is meager. I've pretty much given up o= n it. >>> =A0- subversion, which looks like the heavy hitter of RCSs, but it's no= t at >>> all clear to me how to handle the multiple-project scenario. Still work= ing >>> 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 mos= t >>> 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 mainta= in >> it. >> >> Forget the individual repositories. Setup a single repository and have >> directories for each project. in each directory you can then setup trunk= , >> branches, whatever, as per best practices in the Book. >> >> Designate a person or two to administer, and use directory level auth, o= r >> another alternative I haven't thought of. >> >> My 2c's anyway. HTH >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.= org" > > Yeah I would second what Mr Rock says. =A0Set up a single repo where > folders can be used for projects. =A0Since svn lets you checkout sub > folders of a repo, each developer can check out the folder that > corresponds to their project. =A0Also, 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. git or mercurial - best choices > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg"
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