In this case you can create files under svn:ignore just for individual  
user prefs.  Fabric also supports global variables per user.

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Keri Henare

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On 27/05/2009, at 1:08 PM, Alexei Tenitski wrote:

>
> This approach is good but it does not scale -
> what if each developer has his own settings for the dev enviroment
> then each will have to add his settings to this file
> potentially creating lots of mess.
>
> On 27/05/2009 12:59, Mark Rickerby wrote:
>> It has nothing to do with branches (branches are separately forked
>> versions of the entire codebase).
>>
>> You will need to make your own decision on a deployment strategy for
>> config files...
>>
>> One method, which is compatible with keeping the same files through
>> svn co / svn up is to have multiple environments in a single config
>> file, eg:
>>
>> if (ENVIRONMENT == 'production') {
>>    // live database , settings, etc
>> }  elseif (ENVIRONMENT == 'dev') {
>>   // dev settings
>> } ...
>>
>> Another method is to keep separate files for each environment in a
>> support dir and svn ignore the application level config. To do this,
>> you would need to upload your files via a script that copies the  
>> files
>> for the correct environment into place.
>>
>> An example using Fabric (Python), which is my preferred tool for
>> deploying PHP sites these days (assuming that a 'config.php' file was
>> expected in the webroot, and this was ignored via svn):
>>
>> def deploy():
>>     run('cd /var/webroot/mysite; svn up; cp dev/config/ 
>> live.config.php
>> config.php')
>>
>> Essentially, this is no different to what Paul suggested, but for the
>> fact that it is automated. I recommend automating these kinds of
>> things as much as possible, because the extra time spent on setting  
>> it
>> up at the beginning, is much greater amounts of time saved further
>> down the track, and decreased stress levels.
>>
>> I also recommend using svn switch rather than svn up for any site  
>> that
>> is updated frequently or has more traffic - if you need to reverse
>> things, it's going to be a bit easier that way.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>>
>
> >


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