I just want to add a big "+1" to this - real version control is an important part of being a professional developer. We have about thirty developers working on a single code base, covering up to six project releases at the same time (on different branches) and source code control makes it possible and managable. We can automatically reproduce any release to any server. We can merge changes across projects with ease if schedules or priorities change.
On Apr 12, 2005 10:23 AM, RADEMAKERS Tanguy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to preach to the choir here for a moment, but some form of > source control is a real necessity for a professional developer - even > if he or she works alone. Don't get hung up on which software you're > using, as long as you are using something (and not the "make a zip and > name it client_project.20050412.zip" approach. Or even, god forbid, use > your backups as a poor man's source control.). It changes the way you > work - it eliminates the fear that you're going to break something. No > matter how badly you mess up the code, you will always be able to roll > back - hours, days, weeks - to a time when it all worked. I used to > comment out big sections of code (just in case it was something clever > in stead of the bug i thought it was) - no more: select, delete, don't > even flinch. And remember when you had to do all those bug fixes twice > (once on the copy of the client's version and once in the new code)? > Just check out two sandboxes (branch for bug fixing and head for new > work) on two different servers, then merge the changes from the branch > back into the head at some point. The first time i did this was after > making a huge number of changes over a long long period, and i was > drinking at the bar before 6 pm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:202451 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
