On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 04:00, Michael Zornek wrote: > I've been learning a little bit about CVS and am considering using it > for dev of some group PHP sites. > > Anyone doing this? comments?
I've been using CVS for all of my PHP projects for the past several months. Now that I have been using it I can't imagine how I ever got along without it. It is a lifesaver when it comes to stamping out bugs since it's very easy to see changes you have made between revisions and roll them back if necessary. If you have multiple developers working on the same project (as I do at my company) then it is a necessity IMHO as it keeps the developers from stepping on each others toes for the most part. Coding projects in CVS and testing them on different servers also helps you to ensure that your code is "portable" enough to be installed on different servers (it's somewhat embarrassing, but before CVS I would sometimes hard-code variables with the current hostname of my server, for example, forgetting that it would cause a problem if the hostname ever changes, etc.) CVS is a complex piece of software, at least when you consider all of it's applications. The best way to start using it and to learn it is to just use it's basic functions at first and then later on start picking up the more advanced applications (such as tags, branches, merging, diffing between arbitrary revisions, sticky tags, etc. etc.). Anyway, hope this helped. If you have specific questions about using CVS for PHP development feel free to ask... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
