On 4/14/05, RADEMAKERS Tanguy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What i was trying to explain is that source control isn't a replacement
> for team communications.

We're in complete agreement on that!

> If you often find yourself fighting for control
> of the same file with one or more other developers then you need to look
> at root causes - no software out there can help you until you do.

Right. And that can be an architectural issue, for example: a single
file that is reused by every application but is changed frequently
(Application.cfm might fall into this category). These things have to
be designed around. Similar concerns have been expressed about the
single config file in a Mach II application, for example.

> If you continuously find yourself having problems with multiple
> developers overwriting each other's changes, then you need to apply some
> structure before you can apply some software.

Or find better developers ;)
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