On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 12:46:48PM +1300, LizR wrote: > On 28 March 2014 20:03, Russell Standish <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I used to get everything to the commit stage, then go home. > > > Typical guy :-) >
I don't know about the "guy" bit, but certainly typical for someone with a spouse/significant other, and life outside of work :). And as I mentioned, if I knew I was going to have a quiet evening at home (as opposed to going out to theatre, say), and I thought the commit was not likely to be problematic, then I would sometimes commit later in the day on the understanding that I would log in again remote at say 8:30 or 9 pm - just to check things, and fix any unpredicted problems, or back out if things went completely pear shaped. The point was that the repository system (which is very common - the only exception I know of is Aegis) forced this sort of behaviour. Incidently, in Aegis, the start of a commit would lock the repository. If the commit builds and passes its regression tests, the code is added to the repository, otherwise its is failed, and the next person attempting a commit is processed. At no stage is it possible for a commit to break the build. Trouble is Aegis is not popular, mainly because it doesn't play nicely with the Windows operating system. I have tried to come up with a way of implementing this protocol with the other popular SCMs used - mainly subversion, but also perforce, but haven't succeeded. Git comes close though - people commit to their local repo, then post a pull request. The owner of the master repository then does a pull, and either passes or fails the commit. If the master repository owner is automated, then you get pretty much the Aegis protocol. Cheers -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics [email protected] University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au Latest project: The Amoeba's Secret (http://www.hpcoders.com.au/AmoebasSecret.html) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
