Each developer should have their own private working directory that only they can touch. That's a fundamental principle with collaborative development. At my office, we run developer-specific subdomains for our working directories (mine is bb.piersystem.dev, for example), in addition to stage and head subdomains which contain the current production code and the development trunk respectively, and which are never directly edited (they're only for testing). All work is done in the person-specific working directories, and then the test directories are updated as needed.
cheers, barneyb On 9/13/05, Kazmierczak, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For whoever is using some sort of source code control, I'm curious on > how you have successfully set it up in a multi user environment working > on a shared server. > > > > Here is my problem (currently using vss): You have 3 developers working > on a site and they all have the site's directory setup as their working > directory all mapped to the proper vss project. When one person checks > out a file, the file is changed from read only to writeable. The user > that checked it out edits it, but before they check it in, another > developer clicks on the file and they aren't prompted to check it out > because it is already writable and without thinking there may be a > problem, they make some changes and edit the file and save. Now > developer one checks in their file and loses all their changes or it > doesn't reload and then developer 2 loses their changes, either or > someone loses data. It seems as if the shared development is the big > problem in the scenario. I've tried cvs and subversion as well and they > don't seem to like the shared environment either because all the meta > data is shared on the server and it gets confused with who the current > user is. > > > > How are people doing this? What am I missing? I've tried eclipse with > vss and homesite with vss and I am able to corrupt files with no problem > using the method described above. My only solution is to force > developers to check out their files with the VSS client which takes away > from having everything in one ide and still leaves the ability for > someone to mess it up. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Kevin. > > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:218024 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
