Is there a mean to set up cvs to check-out methods?
Hi! I have a request from my boss, to find a mean to check-out from the repository not files, but at method level. Is there a way to set-up cvs to do that? From my understanding of CVS, it cannot do that, because it merely works with files and does not have the knowledge of sourcefiles...I had to ask, maybe someone did have same problem with me... BTWI hear that IBM developed such a tool, does anyone know which is? Thanks in advance... Best regards, Cristian Romanescu tel.:+40745133096 web:www.geocities.com/ext007 We programmers never die, we're just casted to void ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
Re: Is there a mean to set up cvs to check-out methods?
--- Cristian Romanescu I have a request from my boss, to find a mean to check-out from the repository not files, but at method level. Is there a way to set-up cvs to do that? From my understanding of CVS, it cannot do that, because it merely works with files and does not have the knowledge of sourcefiles...I had to ask, maybe someone did have same problem with me... CVS does work on a file level (aside from a diff option I recently found, it knows nothing about the contents of the files). This shouldn't be a problem since most compilers and people work on a file level. Why does your boss want to version methods? BTWI hear that IBM developed such a tool, does anyone know which is? Visual Age did this. AFAIK, IBM saw the error of its ways and moved towards the more traditional file-based versioning. HTH, Noel __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
Re: Is there a mean to set up cvs to check-out methods?
Cristian Romanescu wrote: I have a request from my boss, to find a mean to check-out from the repository not files, but at method level. Is there a way to set-up cvs to do that? Ummm - does your boss realize that this is an unsound request? Allow me to elaborate. The file is the (almost universal) fundamental unit of compilation. As such, everything in a file is run through the compiler together, and is therefore subject to the scope of compilation (example: static variables in C are visible to all methods in the same file, but nowhere else). Therefore, checkout by method isn't a generally sound strategy, because you are not isolating the scope of the method. Example: Programmer A checks out a method and makes a small but reasonable change. Programmer B checks out another method in the same file and makes a small but reasonable change. If these methods share file scoped data, then there is a possibility that these two changes, when merged (a checkout by method system will still have to merge, it will just do so automatically), will yield a broken file. I suggest that you and your boss take a good look at what you are trying to achieve. There is probably a more reasonable solution, such as method-per-file code storage, to achieve your ends. /|/|ike ___ Info-cvs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/info-cvs
