On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 05:19:01 -0700 (PDT) "'Joe Green' via Git for human beings" <git-users@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> I'm new to Git and here is my situation. I'm the only developer who > uses Dreamweaver to update files on the server. Dreamweaver has a > built-in FTP, so that I can download/upload files from server. I > modify them locally and use Dreamweaver to upload them. I'm looking > for a free, and easy to use program which can allow me to FTP and > help maintain version. Since I'm the only one, I don't mind maintain > version locally on my PC. Since I'm new to version control, can > someone tell me which program should I use and how should I design > the repos to get me started. > > Since I'm using Dreamweaver, I though about using Subversion but I'm > new to Subversion and I also use Visual Studio so I don't mind trying > something else that can work with both the editors. I'm afraid your question is rather tangential to version control systems. VCS allow you to maintain history of your project, they are not deployment solutions. So, if you need to use FTP, then fine, go ahead, use any VCS you like to maintain your project and once you're fine with certain version of your project, just upload it using FTP. The only problem with this is you might get inconveniences if you do certain fixups on the uploaded version of the code and assets: it will require you to fetch them back and commit to your VCS locally. You already have this problem though, just using a VCS adds another moving part to it. Note that there's another approach to deployment. While VCS, as already mentioned, is not a deployment solution, neither is FTP, and if you're using VPS/physical server to host your websites, you might as well install Git there and send changes to your websites using Git alone. This also solves the problem of getting fixups done on the server back to the developer's box. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
