Re: IDE -> SVN -> dev server -> live server

I do not see the reason why you would need an absolute URL like var base_url = ' http://mysite.com' in your javascript code. If only this is giving you problems, use: *window.location.hostname* to get the hostname in javascript. --- Vikash Kumar http://vika.sh On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:40 PM, John Corry <jcorry.lists@gmail.com> wrote: > I am working on designing an documenting a process for our team to use to > manage code updates/changes. > > What we've been doing has been ghastly: a bunch of developers using > dreamweaver's 'check in/out' functions, all using the same FTP login, to > FTP > files to the production server. > > It turns out the site we're working on together is a bit too complex for > this, so it's on me to come up with a better way. > > I'm a big fan of SVN and think we'll be light years ahead of where we are > presently by using SVN to manage code revisions. > > So, I've set up an SVN repository on our dedicated server and imported all > of the live-site code. Then I set up a dev virtual host (dev.domain.com) > and > exported all of the code in my repository to that vhost's DocRoot. > So...that > gave me a copy. Next, I copied the MySQL db to a separate db that we'll use > for the dev server...so dev code doesn't query the live db. Then of course, > I had to edit the config files that have DSN information in them to make > sure my dev site actually uses my dev db. > > Here's where the problems start to creep in... > > If I export the whole repository from SVN to the dev DocRoot directory, I'm > going to overwrite the config files that have DSN info in them. Similarly, > there are some javascript files that declare variables like var base_url = > ' > http://mysite.com'...those variables need to be set once > for the > environment > (my local IDE? the dev server? the production server?) and then not messed > with afterward. > > After an SVN commit, it's really easy to svn export svn://localhost/mysite > /path/to/my/dev_server > > Simple, all of the code in the repository goes to the dev server. > > The issue I'm having is that there are a number of files that I do NOT want > to be copied from the repository to the dev server, except on > rare occasions. > > So, I can choose to add the files to my svn:ignore in my working copy so > they aren't committed/updated. But I can't ensure that all of the > developers > take this step and it's not a reliable way to keep those select files in > the > repository out of my dev server. > > Or, I can write a shell script that does the SVN export, then overwrites > the > selected config files with master versions that are stored somewhere else > and not edited by any of the team. One problem with that though, is that > our > main javascript file tends to be edited/changed and it's one that can > create > problems if that base_url var isn't appropriate to the server it's on. > > Or, in all of my PHP files, I can write the config values into switch > statements: > switch($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']) { > case 'mysite.local': > // local IDE config directives > case 'dev.mysite.com': > // dev server config directives > // etc... > } > > ...but that leaves the production server DSN sitting around in development > code, which I'd like to avoid, and I don't have an analogous solution for > my > javascript files. > > JS question: is there a js way to do the same thing? Evaluate the js > equivalent of PHP's $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']? If there is, I think this > solution will work. > > This has got to be a fairly typical workflow and problem. > > What are some of the strategies you folks use for designing your flow of > code from local IDE to SVN to dev server to production server? > > -- > John Corry > PHP developer - 3by400, Inc > http://www.3by400.com >