Thanks Chris! Here are links to all those tools discussed: http://www.perforce.com/
http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/ http://subversion.tigris.org/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nuno Ramiro" To: "Discussion of Half-Life Programming" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Few questions about SDK > Wow, didn't know one could do that without a lot of trouble in merging the > branches, thanks! > > Also just found out that Perforce is free for up to two users and up to > five > workspaces, which is more than enough for me to start! > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Chris Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> The best way depends on what version control software you are using. >> Using perforce terminology, basically what you want to do is have a >> branch in your version control system which represents the unmodified >> sdk code. You start your project by checking in the unmodified code and >> then branching your project off of that. When you get a new drop from >> valve, check that code into the valve branch and integrate it into your >> project. That will perform the merge in a "smart" fashion. Cvs, >> subversion, etc will use similar methods. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nuno >> Ramiro >> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:01 PM >> To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming >> Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Few questions about SDK >> >> Thanks! >> >> About the merge of the code, is there a quick way? Or you don't know any >> other than diff tool? >> >> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Tobias Kammersgaard wrote: >> >> > 1) A message will usually be posted here when a code update is >> released. >> > 2) No. The source code in the SourceSDK.gcf only updates when a code >> update >> > is released. >> > >> > /ScarT >> > >> > >> > On 10/06/2008, Nuno Ramiro wrote: >> > > >> > > Greetings, >> > > >> > > After a few problems I managed to generate the SDK for OrangeBox, >> and I >> > am >> > > starting to play with it. >> > > >> > > Now I have a few questions: >> > > >> > > - How do I know when the SDK/Code has changed? >> > > - Everytime there's a Steam update the SDK changes? >> > > - Is there an effective way to merge those changes? Other than >> manually >> > or >> > > with a diff tool. >> > > >> > > Thank you for your time. >> > > Nuno Ramiro _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
