Thank you, that is a good idea and I will pursue the links also. Dan.
On Jan 25, 7:40 pm, Quinn Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this is a general Subversion issue, and not something Versions alone > can address. > > One thing folks I know often do is store a generic template file in the > repository, then add an svn:ignore property to ignore versions with local > modifications. For example, if you have foo.conf, you could version > foo.template.conf with the understanding that users must duplicate this as > foo.conf (and customize as necessary) after checkout. You could integrate > some sort of script to handle that for you, which would be useful if there > are multiple configuration files. > > Googling (especially on Stack Overflow) should turn up some helpful links. > For example: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/577176/adding-unversioned-files-to...http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1495796/subversion-management-of-p...http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3366708/how-to-remove-file-from-su... > > Personally, I prefer to keep the file extension the same (rather than > appending .template) because then it maps to the same application. For me, > .template files try to open in Pages, which is incredibly annoying. :-P > > - Quinn > > On Jan 3, 2012, at 2:38 AM, Dan wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi again, > > My trial has now expired and I'd happily click 'Buy' if this question > > were answered :) > > > Dan. > > > On Nov 30 2011, 4:06 pm, Dan <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi! > > >> I'm trialing Versions because I'd like to solve a problem we have with > >> our current repository setup. All our coders use different development > >> environments which necessarily changes some configuration and other > >> generated files. However, we need to store a basic version of these > >> files in the repository so that new developers can jump into > >> development straight away without spending hours and hours setting up > >> the required configuration. This leads to having lots of files in our > >> repositories which have local modifications but that we want to ignore > >> when we commit. > > >> Does anyone have a solution (either in general or specific to > >> Versions) such that we can ignore these files upon edit but whereby a > >> version of the file can still sit on the server? > > >> One way would be for Versions to ignore locked files when a commit is > >> attempted on them or their parents, would this be possible? > > >> Dan. > > > > smime.p7s > 4KViewDownload -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en.
