Neil, If that was directed at me, I posted that right above yours about exporting code from SVN without the svn directories..
On 5/10/07, Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It all depends on what you deem "production code". You don't keep a > seperate > code branch per system do you? (dev, test etc) surely you have a single > release build as part of your software cycle and that same build is on all > of your servers apart from dev which will be that build + more? > > You can also check out code without svn folders, but I am sure you know > that. > > > > > > > > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of > the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please > note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or > call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within > this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Scott > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Wed May 09 20:43:40 2007 > Subject: Re: Adobe CS3 Web Edition leaves me wanting, moving to Eclipse! W > AS (RE: Frameworks) > > Thats why tools like Beyond Compare is good, you only migrate the files or > merge what has changed. > > But I still wouldn't modify code on production, or even SVN production > code. > the reason being is that you also end up with all the svn directories > there > as well. > > But hey if it works for you... I just frown upon the idea that you are > doing > it this way, and DO NOT consider what you do, to be best practice at all. > > > > On 5/10/07, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Andrew Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Cool, > > > > > > Still curious why Russ trunks a production server... > > > > > > > > > > We have a fairly large codebase, and it takes a while to check it all > out. > > If I'm doing a small change (lets say a spelling change, etc). I can > just > > go into that folder and do an update and it will take only a second or > > two. > > Or I can even do an update of the whole source tree, and it will still > not > > take very long. > > > > I really don't see the point of exporting a whole fresh copy of the code > > just for a simple change. Even for larger changes svn update would be > > much > > more efficient then exporting a new copy of the code. > > We also use FRS to replicate the files between cluster members, and if I > > were to export the whole code tree, it would have to sync every file to > > the > > other cluster members. > > > > Obviously developing straight on production is a no-no... but if there's > > an > > emergency, I can either roll back to an older revision, or fix the code > in > > place and then commit it straight from production. > > > > With all these benefits, I don't see why you wouldn't trunk to > production. > > > > If you're talking about why we use trunk instead of a branch, that's > just > > a > > decision we've made that works for us. Trunk is always the latest > stable > > code that's on production, and it makes making small changes easy. As I > > mentioned, for larger changes we use branches which get merged into > trunk > > once they've passed QA. > > > > Russ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:277528 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

