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Manage version control with a central development server (LAMP)
I'm working in a small team with up to 5 (web)developers. Because our team is growing frequently and we ran into problems with multiple people working on the same code we decided to set up a VCS.
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Is it possible to integrate MS Project Server with SVN
We have been using Hosted SVN + Fogbugz for our source control and task/issue tracking. Our developers are very comfortable with SVN and we are hesitant to switch source control (e.g. TFS) providers ...
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Why does git allow you to “change history”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
When should the VCS history of a project be deleted?
I am experienced using svn and recently started learning git. I was quite shocked to learn that git has features ...
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In Subversion, how should I set up a new major version of my application?
I'm about to start work on a new version (version 4) of my commercial application. I use Subversion.
Based on your experiences, mistakes, and successes, how would you recommend I set up the new ...
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4answers
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How do professional application developers use version control systems, like GIT and Subversion?
I am a beginner developer and I have been wondering from the start, how do professional use tools like GIT and Subversion (I don't have a very good understanding about these tools), to fulfill their ...
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3answers
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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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1answer
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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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8answers
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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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6answers
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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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6answers
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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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2answers
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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 ...
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2answers
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using source control to create release notes?
Lets say i have an off the shelf eccomerce cart. I put all the code inside subversion. I start to make changes and check the code changes back in.
is it possible to then display each "check in" with ...
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1answer
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Tame a mess — backup & revisions across several systems? [closed]
I am a freelance mobile & back-end developer, and have many projects spread out over 4 systems - 2 Win7, Mac OSX and Ubuntu. Some of the projects need to be checked into the client's source ...
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8answers
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When should I backup files? [closed]
At our company we are not using a source control so we do backup manually.
My habit is like this: I backup only scripts where I removed code snippets, and those scripts where I only added code ...
