SVN is short for "Subversion" and is an open source version control system
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svn vs git for the sole developer? [closed]
If I am sole developer (I do not work in a team) working from my laptop (Windows OS and Linux VM) and backing up data to the cloud (Dropbox etc), then is git still better than svn for my version ...
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CI - How long is continous?
We currently are using CCNet as our continous integration server. Most projects check for changes every 30 seconds (the default) and if needed perform a build (unit tests, stylecop, fxcop, etc).
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External file (images, sounds) naming convention at Xcode
What is better naming conventions at Xcode regardng External File
(images, sounds) etc?
Is there any guideline from vendor Apple?
As we store our projects at SVN, is there any complicity from Hosted
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How do Tortoise svn handle concurrent file updation
I don't know much about Tortoise SVN, but have been using it for a while.
I understand that it is capable of managing concurrent users on same file, but how does it do that?
I am working on a file ...
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How can I add the version of a file to the file name with Tortoise-SVN?
I would like to start giving unique names to "cache-able" files - i.e. *.css and *.js - in order to prevent caching, without requiring changes to the web-server settings (as is currently done in IIS).
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Linking application build number to svn revision
I am looking for a strategy to version an application with the following requirements.
My requirements are given an exe with version number (major.minor.build-number)
1) I want to map the version to ...
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What does cheap copying/branching mean for a versioning system like SVN?
One of the advantages of SVN over CVS as given here is cheap copying and branching. What does "cheap copying and branching" mean in SVN parlance? How is it different from CVS copying and branching?
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What does it mean by atomic commit for a versioning system?
One of the reasons why programmers prefer SVN over CVS is the former allows atomic commits ? What does this mean ?
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In centralized version control, is it always good to update often?
Assuming that:
You are in a team developing some software.
Your team is using centralized version control in the development process.
You are working on a new feature which will surely take several ...
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Specific reasons for still using Subversion? [closed]
I want to choose a version control system for my company. So far I know I have Git, Subversion and Mercurial.
These days I see that Git is the most used, so I'm left wondering: would there be any ...
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SVN command line client: checkout refused when LDAP password changed “svn: OPTIONS of” (repo) “authorization failed” (but works in TortoiseSVN)
When using the command line/terminal svn client, a colleague is getting "svn: OPTIONS of " [repo] "...authorization failed" error message when they attempt to checkout the repo to be their local ...
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What is the most basic and simple platform for collaborative development (PHP project)?
I need to work with 4-5 programmers on a fairly average PHP application using codeigniter. We're in 5 different locations in one city, and all of the programmers are all not too well educated and I'm ...
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What does it mean for SVN “to pollute the local source tree”?
I'm reading "Professional Team Foundation Server 2010" by Wrox, and in an advantages/disadvantages list, the said:
"Like CVS, SVN makes use of .svn directories inside the source folders to store ...
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svn usage advice
I need an advice about SVN usage.
I use Tortoise SVN on my client to deal with a project I am working on.
The probjem is that I have two set of bugs top fix on the project. One to deploy till 5 ...
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What is the canonical approach to using a VCS right from a project's infancy?
Background
I've used VCS (mainly git) in the past to manage many existing projects and it works great. Typically with an existing project, I would check in each change I make to the code that either ...
