We used to routinely save books of 1000+ and 2000+ pages into RCS as MIF. It's
true that the diffs were so many that they were useless as a way of seeing what
changed. But since we couldn't save the binaries in that environment, we had to
use MIF for revision control. And storage was (is!)
We used to routinely save books of 1000+ and 2000+ pages into RCS as MIF. It's
true that the diffs were so many that they were useless as a way of seeing what
changed. But since we couldn't save the binaries in that environment, we had to
use MIF for revision control. And storage was (is!)
links.
Thanks again!
Amy
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From: robert.lauris...@gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On
Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 5:55 PM
To: Amy Super
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Document revision control
Subversion
Hi Chris,
This issue you raised about binary files and SVN used to be true but is
somewhat inaccurate now. I stayed away from SVN for a really long time
because of this very issue. I thought it was ridiculous that every time I
would make a commit, SVN would commit an entirely new version of the
Engineers generally compile binaries from text source. Checking those
binaries into source control makes no sense.
When a source format is binary it belongs in source control. FM files
take up more space than e.g. Java source, but hard drives are so cheap
these days it's not anything anyone needs
links.
Thanks again!
Amy
-Original Message-
From: robert.lauriston at gmail.com [mailto:robert.lauris...@gmail.com] On
Behalf Of Robert Lauriston
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 5:55 PM
To: Amy Super
Cc: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: Document revision control
Subversion
Hi Chris,
This issue you raised about binary files and SVN used to be true but is
somewhat inaccurate now. I stayed away from SVN for a really long time
because of this very issue. I thought it was ridiculous that every time I
would make a commit, SVN would commit an entirely new version of the
Engineers generally compile binaries from text source. Checking those
binaries into source control makes no sense.
When a source format is binary it belongs in source control. FM files
take up more space than e.g. Java source, but hard drives are so cheap
these days it's not anything anyone needs
On 24/09/2012 11:59 AM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
>
> When a source format is binary it belongs in source control. FM files
> take up more space than e.g. Java source, but hard drives are so cheap
> these days it's not anything anyone needs to worry about.
>
And .mif files can take up more than
Hi Amy,
I strongly recommend subversion considering that you are such a small team,
especially compared to the other options. In the end, it does ultimately
come down to your use case, so it in some sense depends.
--Perforce: have not used this personally but i believe its a high learning
curve
Subversion is good and free.
Perforce is good and not free. You don't have to convert to .mif, you
can check in .fm and .book files as binaries. You can't merge binaries
but who's going to merge a .mif file anyway?
The one other you might want to look at is Git for Windows, which is a
Hi Amy,
I have used Subversion / Tortoise SVN extensively and it has never failed
me. The last couple of years I have been using www.assembla.com's services
to. Assembla offers hosting of your files using SVN or GIT and maybe some
other options too. Assembla seems to me a very reasonable option.
Hi Amy,
Subversion is a good option. We have been using it for long, and we are a
team of 20+ writers. We too use FM.
Thanks and regards,
Sebastian A
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:31 AM, Amy Super wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Does anyone out there use a revision control system? We are in dire
Just a word about MIF in source control.? It's true that storing binary files
(.fm) in source control is somewhat abusive, because the system has to store a
complete copy of the file for each revision.? In the old days dev would never
let you do that because storage actually cost something.?
Hi Amy,
I strongly recommend subversion considering that you are such a small team,
especially compared to the other options. In the end, it does ultimately
come down to your use case, so it in some sense depends.
--Perforce: have not used this personally but i believe its a high learning
curve
Hi there,
Does anyone out there use a revision control system? We are in dire need
of it, as my company has recently gone up to 3 writers (from 1) and
we're afraid of overwriting work.
Our document repository is made up of standalone FM docs with linked
images, FM books with linked images,
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[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Amy Super
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 12:01 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Document revision control
Hi there,
Does anyone out there use a revision control system? We are in dire need of it,
as my
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Subject: Document revision control
Hi there,
Does anyone out there use a revision control system? We are in dire need of it,
as my company has recently gone up to 3 writers (from 1) and we're afraid of
overwriting work.
Our document repository is made up of standalone FM docs
Hi Amy,
I have used Subversion / Tortoise SVN extensively and it has never failed
me. The last couple of years I have been using www.assembla.com's services
to. Assembla offers hosting of your files using SVN or GIT and maybe some
other options too. Assembla seems to me a very reasonable option.
ramers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-boun...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Amy Super
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2012 12:01 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Document revision control
Hi there,
Does anyone out there use a revision control system? We are in dir
dnesday, September 19, 2012 12:01 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Document revision control
Hi there,
Does anyone out there use a revision control system? We are in dire need of it,
as my company has recently gone up to 3 writers (from 1) and we're afraid of
overwriting work.
Subversion is good and free.
Perforce is good and not free. You don't have to convert to .mif, you
can check in .fm and .book files as binaries. You can't merge binaries
but who's going to merge a .mif file anyway?
The one other you might want to look at is Git for Windows, which is a
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