Indeed, it sounds like you know how to merge so what's the problem?

On 25/08/2009, at 10:56 PM, "Arg!" <chillic...@gmail.com> wrote:

> to take full advantage of SVN you really need to switch out of the  
> file
> locking mentality.
>
> it seems counter-intuitive at first but after a while its pure magic.
>
> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Andrew Armstrong <and...@mammoth.com.au 
> >wrote:
>
>> File locking sucks, learn to use merge. Heck, SVN takes care of it  
>> for you
>> the majority of the time!
>>
>> - Andrew
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: hlcoders-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com
>> [mailto:hlcoders-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of DAV
>> Sent: Tuesday, 25 August 2009 6:11 PM
>> To: Discussion of Half-Life Programming
>> Subject: Re: [hlcoders] Source control solution?
>>
>> Thanks for all the replies. It really helped.
>>
>> I decided to give the svn/xp-dev.com/tortoiseSVN another try.
>> And after some work i managed to get used to it.
>>
>> I managed to make the lock of all the files mandatory and also add  
>> some
>> other things more at my taste.
>> I know the lock doesn't have to be but i don't like the merge thing.
>>
>> I just have to keep remembering that that VSS 'Get latest version'  
>> is SVN
>> 'Checkout' and VSS 'Check Out' is SVN 'Lock On'. ;)
>> (and other similar things)
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Davide (DAV)
>> Email: d...@davlevels.com
>> Azure Sheep: http://mods.davlevels.com/azuresheep/
>> Point of View: http://mods.davlevels.com/pointofview/
>> DAV Levels: http://www.davlevels.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Arg! <chillic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I had some trouble moving from locking based SourceSafe to SVN as  
>>> well,
>> but
>>> once someone sat down and explained it to me, it actually makes a  
>>> lot
>> more
>>> sense. If its just 1 person or a team, SVN works brilliantly.
>>> It does require a different way of thinking from the SourceSafe  
>>> camp but
>> if
>>> you constantly compare the two you wont be able to see the benefits.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 8:16 AM, David Kraeutmann  
>>> <da...@davidkra.net
>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cygwin's/linux QT based gui. Forgot how it's called.
>>>>
>>>> On 8/24/09, Stephen Micheals <stephen.miche...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> What other gui's are available for git on windows, i have not been
>>>>> able to find any that were even up to par with Tortoisegit.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:31 PM, David Kraeutmann<da...@davidkra.net
>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> TortoiseGIT was the worst git GUI I ever encountered.
>>>>>> Also, if anyone needs SVN/git/whatever hosting, write me (it'll  
>>>>>> be
>>>>>> most probably free ;) )
>>>>>
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