Re: Chnage Management in PHP aka version control?

tg-php@gryffyndevelopment.com wrote: > Well, I had similar problems at a previous job with SourceSafe as I'm having with CVS. I > totally "get" and understand the concept of these systems, but they're still overly > headachey to use. Maybe I DONT really get them. hah. I understand mostly how they work and the > concept but it seems like another case of "we don't need to make it easier because the > people who use this are highly technical and they'll figure it out". Or as the gaming > community might say "lrn2configure noob!" > > For now, CVS works fine for us. But it still feels like we're using a go-cart with no > engine. If we push it to the top of the hill, we can coast down the other side and even steer and > stop if we want... but it feels incomplete usage and functionality-wise. > $> cvs -q crowbar or $> cvs -q magicwand or $> cvs -q dowhatimean unfortunately that's only in my imagination :-P > Oh well, project for another day. Thanks for the input! > > -TG > > = = = Original message = = = > > On Wed, July 5, 2006 10:40 am, tg-php@gryffyndevelopment.com wrote: >> I don't know about you, Jay, but all we really want to do is keep a >> record of revisions and be able to 'diff' between them and have the >> files lock so if someone tries to open the file and it's already open, >> that the user is alerted and allowed to open read-only if they desire. > > I *much* prefer the CVS/subversion paradigm of concurrent changes, but > if the above is what you want, perhaps you should look into > SourceSafe. > > NOTE: > SourceSafe in the 80s on Mac PPC *ate* two of my projects when > goofballs added ".doc" files as text. > > I'll never ever ever use this product again, no matter how many people > tell me it's been fixed. > > YMMV > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. > Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. >