When svn was explained to me, i was told that 1 thing svn doesnt do is manage the project for you. Team members still need to be know who's working in what area to avoid conflicts. The file locking method prevents devs from stuffing up someone else's work in progress, but that doesnt help when the dev in question goes on holiday for 3 weeks and forgets to commit their code.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Bob Somers <magicbob...@gmail.com> wrote: > Merges from hell generally occur when someone has been working for > weeks without committing their code. That's when you run into problems > because they (or someone else) has touched everywhere in the code base > and a ton of things need to be merged. Updating/committing often and > some simple communication between the developers go a long way to > preventing merge pains. > > --Bob > > > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 6:48 AM, Saul Rennison<saul.renni...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > There's only been one case of merge screwing up on me. I say screwed > > up but I really mean it should have come up as "Conflicted" instead of > > trying to be too clever and merging in code which I just removed. > > > > I've never locked any file and my team haven't needed too either. > > Merge works fine, but then again it's not always common for more than > > one person to be messing with the same function at the same time tbh. > > > > Thanks, > > - Saul. > > > > On 25 Aug 2009, at 13:56, "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 ;) ) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>> archives, > >>>>>> please visit: > >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Sent from my mobile device > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>>> archives, > >>>>> please visit: > >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>>> archives, > >>>> please visit: > >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>> archives, > >>> please visit: > >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >>> archives, > >>> please visit: > >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > >> archives, please visit: > >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
