RE: Source Code Version Control

2015-04-27 Thread Dave Crozier
Of Fernando D. Bozzo Sent: 25 April 2015 15:59 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Source Code Version Control Hi: I've read this thread http://leafe.com/archives/full_thread/498154 late (same title, 2 months ago), but hope not too late. From time to time I read that some people keep using old tools

Re: Source Code Version Control

2015-04-27 Thread Fernando D. Bozzo
-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Fernando D. Bozzo Sent: 25 April 2015 15:59 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Source Code Version Control Hi: I've read this thread http://leafe.com/archives/full_thread/498154 late (same title, 2 months ago), but hope not too late. From time to time I read

Source Code Version Control

2015-04-25 Thread Fernando D. Bozzo
Hi: I've read this thread http://leafe.com/archives/full_thread/498154 late (same title, 2 months ago), but hope not too late. From time to time I read that some people keep using old tools which can not take advantage of old or modern SCM/DVCS tools. In this case, I see that some people keep

RE: Source Code Version Control

2015-02-24 Thread Dan Covill
analyzing the rumor mill and become your own first-hand authority. I agree with Paul that the weight of market share seems to have swung to Git. But they both work, and the price is right. Good luck. I'm sure you'll be pleased. Dan Subject: Re: Source Code Version Control From: p

RE: Source Code Version Control

2015-02-24 Thread Chris Davis
I would chip in with the FOXBIN2PRG project on VFPX is worthy of a mention. -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: 19 February 2015 14:42 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Source Code Version Control Thanks both

Re: Source Code Version Control

2015-02-24 Thread Ted Roche
people have gotten to work correctly. Distributed version control systems (DVCS) means that each workstation has access to all of the source code in the master repository, so you can work on your laptop or workstation whilst disconnected from the network. It also means there is no single point

Re: Source Code Version Control

2015-02-24 Thread Paul McNett
gotten to work correctly. Distributed version control systems (DVCS) means that each workstation has access to all of the source code in the master repository, so you can work on your laptop or workstation whilst disconnected from the network. It also means there is no single point of failure

Re: Source Code Version Control

2015-02-24 Thread Paul McNett
On 2/24/15 1:37 PM, Dan Covill wrote: I agree with Paul that the weight of market share seems to have swung to Git. But they both work, and the price is right. It's easy to get up to speed with basic stuff on Git, especially GitHub. But Git is so mature and feature-rich and powerful, that

Source Code Version Control

2015-02-19 Thread Dave Crozier
Sorry to bring this old chestnut up again but now we are two here (myself and Tom) at Flexipol it has become very clear that we need some sort of versioning software for VFP 9 and I am wondering what is the current flavour of the day with you folks out there. Obviously Visual SourceSafe is

Re: Source Code Version Control

2015-02-19 Thread Garrett Fitzgerald
I use Subversion/TortoiseSVN along with Christof's TwoFox utility to convert the binary files. http://www.foxpert.com/docs/cvs.en.htm https://subversion.apache.org/ http://tortoisesvn.net/ Various other people here swear by git, though On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 6:07 AM, Dave Crozier

[NF] Xojo Source Control ( was Re: Source Code Version Control )

2015-02-19 Thread Kevin Cully
Yes, I use BitBucket more with Xojo projects than I do VFP projects to be honest. That's where more of my new development efforts are. For the free version of Xojo, you can only save the project in binary format which is *not* source control friendly. When you purchase a license however, the

Re: Source Code Version Control

2015-02-19 Thread Kevin Cully
Another vote for TwoFox to convert to-and-from VCX and SCX based files. I've been using https://bitbucket.org/ for storing my projects. BitBucket can use Git and Mercurial. I like Mercurial better, but Git is much more popular by usage so I use Git. I use Smart Git Hg (

RE: Source Code Version Control

2015-02-19 Thread Dave Crozier
[mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Cully Sent: 19 February 2015 14:26 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: Source Code Version Control Another vote for TwoFox to convert to-and-from VCX and SCX based files. I've been using https://bitbucket.org/ for storing my projects. BitBucket

RE: [NF] Xojo Source Control ( was Re: Source Code Version Control )

2015-02-19 Thread Dave Crozier
[mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Cully Sent: 19 February 2015 16:30 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Xojo Source Control ( was Re: Source Code Version Control ) Yes, I use BitBucket more with Xojo projects than I do VFP projects to be honest. That's where more of my new

RE: Version control

2012-09-14 Thread Rodney Dixon
@Chrisof, What about TFS do you consider pretty bad? Regards Rodney -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Christof Wollenhaupt Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:34 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Version

Re: Version control

2012-09-14 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/14/2012 8:58 AM, Rodney Dixon wrote: @Chrisof, What about TFS do you consider pretty bad? Curious to hear that as well. I haven't used it yet but will be soon when I learn C# and join other projects with our Corporate HQ. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President,

Re: Version control

2012-09-14 Thread Paul Hill
On 14 September 2012 15:04, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 9/14/2012 8:58 AM, Rodney Dixon wrote: @Chrisof, What about TFS do you consider pretty bad? Curious to hear that as well. I haven't used it yet but will be soon when I learn C# and

Re: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Garrett Fitzgerald
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:56 AM, Dave Crozier da...@flexipol.co.uk wrote: Never having used alternative software, I think Paul McNett dabbled with subversion using VFP and wonder if anyone has any comments on what to use and why. I know about the format of VFP forms etc. being a pain as they

Re: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Peter Cushing
Dave Crozier wrote: I have had very few occasions to use version control when using VFP but as we are involved in a really large conversion job here I decided 3 months ago to use a formal method of version control and as such decided on the old chesnut Visual Source Safe as we have it under

RE: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Dave Crozier
! Garrett, thanks for that, I'll take a look. Dave -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Peter Cushing Sent: 12 September 2012 11:30 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: Version control Dave Crozier wrote: I have had very few occasions

Re: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Peter Cushing
Dave Crozier wrote: Peter, Well in retrospect that is what I should have done as I didn't notice the initial corruption or when it happened and more important WHY! The existing forms etc have been checking in no problem at all but retrieving ANY older version just results in an error on

RE: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Dave Crozier
Yep, Tried all of those to no avail. Dave -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Peter Cushing Sent: 12 September 2012 11:41 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: Version control Dave Crozier wrote: Peter, Well in retrospect

Re: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Alan Bourke
I'd say this is about on the money regarding SourceSafe: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/08/source-control-anything-but-sourcesafe.html I use it for VFP stuff at work because I have to but for everything else I use Subversion. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

RE: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Dave Crozier
...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 12 September 2012 12:44 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: Version control I'd say this is about on the money regarding SourceSafe: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/08/source-control-anything-but-sourcesafe.html I use

Re: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Paul Hill
Sent: 12 September 2012 12:44 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: Version control I'd say this is about on the money regarding SourceSafe: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/08/source-control-anything-but-sourcesafe.html I use it for VFP stuff at work because I have to but for everything else

RE: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Richard Kaye
-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:53 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Version control Alan, I'd totally agree. anyhow thanks for the PM's offering to help from everyone but I discovered an old VSS

RE: Version Control

2012-09-12 Thread Richard Kaye
Subject: Re: Version Control Is there some sort of data description information that I could gather about a database in Foxpro? I need to do version control on databases and tables. Anyone been down this road before? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/12/2012 5:56 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: I have had very few occasions to use version control when using VFP but as we are involved in a really large conversion job here I decided 3 months ago to use a formal method of version control and as such decided on the old chesnut Visual Source

Re: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Paul McNett
On 9/12/12 2:56 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: Never having used alternative software, I think Paul McNett dabbled with subversion using VFP and wonder if anyone has any comments on what to use and why. I know about the format of VFP forms etc. being a pain as they are not simple text. I used

Re: Version control

2012-09-12 Thread Dan Covill
On 09/12/12 02:56, Dave Crozier wrote: Never having used alternative software, I think Paul McNett dabbled with subversion using VFP and wonder if anyone has any comments on what to use and why. I know about the format of VFP forms etc. being a pain as they are not simple text. A year ago

Re: [NF] Light-weight/very-simple version control for Windows?

2010-07-24 Thread Alan Bourke
Is the mighty 'git' too much for your needs ? -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

RE: [NF] Light-weight/very-simple version control for Windows?

2010-07-24 Thread Rick Schummer
Looking for a recommendation for a light-weight/very-simple, open source version control utility for Windows. We use Beanstalk (http://beanstalkapp.com/) which is a hosted service based on Subversion or Git. There is a free version for smaller projects (and most Fox style projects would fit fine

Re: [NF] Light-weight/very-simple version control for Windows?

2010-07-24 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
On 23/07/10 17:07, Malcolm Greene wrote: Looking for a recommendation for a light-weight/very-simple, open source version control utility for Windows. By light-weight, I mean the ability to xcopy an exe (and dll's) to a folder and begin using the product with a local data source like SQLite

[NF] Light-weight/very-simple version control for Windows?

2010-07-23 Thread Malcolm Greene
Looking for a recommendation for a light-weight/very-simple, open source version control utility for Windows. By light-weight, I mean the ability to xcopy an exe (and dll's) to a folder and begin using the product with a local data source like SQLite ... but with the ability to move

RE: [NF] Version control of source code options

2008-01-29 Thread Alan Lukachko
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 12:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Version control of source code options On Jan 26, 2008, at 11:06 AM, Alan Lukachko wrote: I've looked at Subversion and attempted to use it but have not been successful

Re: [NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Version control of source code options)

2008-01-28 Thread Stephen Russell
On Jan 26, 2008 7:37 PM, MB Software Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul McNett wrote: Nothing beats learning the subversion command line interface, though. If you're not a command line fan, can you survive in a Linux world? ---

Re: [NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Version control of source code options)

2008-01-27 Thread Alan Bourke
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008 20:37:15 -0500, MB Software Solutions If you're not a command line fan, can you survive in a Linux world? Absolutely, aside from maybe some hardcore operating system interaction and the like. There's more farting about with config files, I find, than in Windows but that's

Re: [NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Version control of source code options)

2008-01-27 Thread Paul McNett
MB Software Solutions wrote: Paul McNett wrote: Nothing beats learning the subversion command line interface, though. If you're not a command line fan, can you survive in a Linux world? Depends on what you want to do with Linux. Personally, I can't see how anyone could use Linux as a

Re: [NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Version control of source code options)

2008-01-27 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jan 27, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Paul McNett wrote: If you're not a command line fan, can you survive in a Linux world? Depends on what you want to do with Linux. Personally, I can't see how anyone could use Linux as a serious development machine without being at home with the command line,

Re: [NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Version control of source code options)

2008-01-27 Thread Jeff Johnson
Paul: Serious Linux developer maybe, but I am using Ubuntu and I really haven't done any command line stuff. I did use the command line a couple of times, but found out later I could have used the Add Programs interface instead. I use Virtual Box with XP for VFP and also for testing

Re: [NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Version control of source code options)

2008-01-27 Thread Paul McNett
Ed Leafe wrote: On Jan 27, 2008, at 9:48 AM, Paul McNett wrote: If you're not a command line fan, can you survive in a Linux world? Depends on what you want to do with Linux. Personally, I can't see how anyone could use Linux as a serious development machine without being at home with

Re: [NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Version control of source code options)

2008-01-27 Thread Whil Hentzen
MB Software Solutions wrote: Paul McNett wrote: Nothing beats learning the subversion command line interface, though. If you're not a command line fan, can you survive in a Linux world? My five kids, ages 5 through 19, seem to be able to. All their schoolwork, casual computer time, etc

[NF] Version control of source code options

2008-01-26 Thread Alan Lukachko
In the past I've used Visual Source Safe, but it kept blowing up and corrupting the master files. I've looked at Subversion and attempted to use it but have not been successful with the command line commands using Win XP Pro. My knowledge of Linux, if this is the correct or better environment,

Re: [NF] Version control of source code options

2008-01-26 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jan 26, 2008, at 11:06 AM, Alan Lukachko wrote: I've looked at Subversion and attempted to use it but have not been successful with the command line commands using Win XP Pro. My knowledge of Linux, if this is the correct or better environment, is more limited. Is there a graphical

Re: [NF] Version control of source code options

2008-01-26 Thread Paul McNett
Alan Lukachko wrote: In the past I've used Visual Source Safe, but it kept blowing up and corrupting the master files. Visual SourceSafe is a remnant from the past, not very good at doing what it is supposed to do. I've looked at Subversion and attempted to use it but have not been

[NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Version control of source code options)

2008-01-26 Thread MB Software Solutions
Paul McNett wrote: Nothing beats learning the subversion command line interface, though. If you're not a command line fan, can you survive in a Linux world? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com Work smarter, not harder,

Re: [NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Version control of source code options)

2008-01-26 Thread Ed Leafe
On Jan 26, 2008, at 7:37 PM, MB Software Solutions wrote: If you're not a command line fan, can you survive in a Linux world? Why don't you actually try out Linux before making assumptions? The GUI is as easy as Mac or Windows, and there are just as many GUI utilities as on the

Re: [NF] Linux fans and command line familiarity (was Re: [NF] Version control of source code options)

2008-01-26 Thread Pete Theisen
On Saturday 26 January 2008 20:37, MB Software Solutions wrote: Paul McNett wrote: Nothing beats learning the subversion command line interface, though. If you're not a command line fan, can you survive in a Linux world? Hi Michael! There are barriers to learning, I'm afraid. The most

[NF] Version control software

2006-10-20 Thread Michael Hawksworth
While tidying out a cupboard I found the manual for FreeVCS from 2002. While this is now Jedi VCS (there are a large number of Delphi Jedi projects). If you are looking for a free opensource VSC it may be worth a look. http://jedivcs.sourceforge.net/index.html -- Michael Hawksworth Visual