Ok, I need some help with this - I'm missing something..
Our CIO decided to implement source control for our web pages, so we ordered
MS Visual SourceSafe. VSS comes with a very informative manual (none). Using
an article from Allaire (
http://www.allaire.com/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=12588&Method=Full ), I
installed VSS on the web server, created a directory to be used as the
working folder, created a project in VSS, added all the files from the web
site, and set the working folder to what I created for it. Went over to my
laptop, went into CFADMIN and filled out the SourceControl fields, created a
local working directory, installed VSS (NetSetup from server), fired up
CFStudio, created a new project, pointed it to the working directory, chose
a source control, mapped it, launched it from Studio, told it to get current
version of all the files in the project from the server, went back to
Studio, and added all the files to the project.
*whew*
File Locations:
Web pages: <webroot>\intranet\
VSS working folder on server: d:\VSS Work Files\Intranet\
VSS working folder on laptop: d:\CFProjects\Intranet\
CFStudio project: d:\CFProjects\Intranet
CFADMIN:
Path to SrcSafe.ini: d:\Microsoft Visual Studio\VSS\
Working Directory: d:\VSS Work Files\
Yes, I work with the live files. Yes, I know it's a no-no. As soon I get
this figured out, I'm going to make a copy of the intranet's folder and
setup another web site for my development. Then I get to try and figure out
how to automatically copy over changes (suggestions??).....
But, first things first:
Ok, the problem. I open up a file (checkout), make a change, save it, check
it back in, the change isn't "live". Why not? Where is version 2 stored? It
was my understanding that the working folders were only a place to
temporarily put files being worked on. So, wouldn't that mean when the file
was done being worked on that it would propagate to the original location
(in this case, where the web pages are kept)??
Do I need to set up some kind of deployment thing? If so, what do I need to
do? I'm really rather lost here since I don't know where the files (version
2 from above) is actually kept (to copy it up to the live site).
What is the use of telling CFADMIN about VSS? The notes say to make sure
that the RDS service has sufficient rights to the working folder, but Studio
isn't using RDS - it's local. Which then leads me to ask how do I set up a
project to use RDS that will go through the server's VSS?
I'm basically having a hard time understanding how all of this fits and
works together. I thought I did, but apparently, I don't. If some kind soul
could take some time and detail out what I'm dealing with here (concepts,
tips, suggestions) I would GREATLY appreciate it.
-Jeff
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