to take full advantage of SVN you really need to switch out of the file locking mentality.
it seems counter-intuitive at first but after a while its pure magic. On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Andrew Armstrong <and...@mammoth.com.au>wrote: > File locking sucks, learn to use merge. Heck, SVN takes care of it for you > the majority of the time! > > - Andrew > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlcoders-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlcoders-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of DAV > Sent: Tuesday, 25 August 2009 6:11 PM > To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Source control solution? > > Thanks for all the replies. It really helped. > > I decided to give the svn/xp-dev.com/tortoiseSVN another try. > And after some work i managed to get used to it. > > I managed to make the lock of all the files mandatory and also add some > other things more at my taste. > I know the lock doesn't have to be but i don't like the merge thing. > > I just have to keep remembering that that VSS 'Get latest version' is SVN > 'Checkout' and VSS 'Check Out' is SVN 'Lock On'. ;) > (and other similar things) > > Thanks again, > Davide (DAV) > Email: d...@davlevels.com > Azure Sheep: http://mods.davlevels.com/azuresheep/ > Point of View: http://mods.davlevels.com/pointofview/ > DAV Levels: http://www.davlevels.com/ > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Arg! <chillic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I had some trouble moving from locking based SourceSafe to SVN as well, > but > > once someone sat down and explained it to me, it actually makes a lot > more > > sense. If its just 1 person or a team, SVN works brilliantly. > > It does require a different way of thinking from the SourceSafe camp but > if > > you constantly compare the two you wont be able to see the benefits. > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:16 AM, David Kraeutmann <da...@davidkra.net > > >wrote: > > > > > Cygwin's/linux QT based gui. Forgot how it's called. > > > > > > On 8/24/09, Stephen Micheals <stephen.miche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > What other gui's are available for git on windows, i have not been > > > > able to find any that were even up to par with Tortoisegit. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:31 PM, David Kraeutmann<da...@davidkra.net > > > > > > wrote: > > > >> TortoiseGIT was the worst git GUI I ever encountered. > > > >> Also, if anyone needs SVN/git/whatever hosting, write me (it'll be > > > >> most probably free ;) ) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sent from my mobile device > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
