Re: Version Contol for PHP site

Hi Jeff There is a Windows version of WinCVS (see http://wincvs.org/ ). John Jeff Bearer <jbearer@tribweb.com> wrote in message news:1006195598.1407.7.camel@jbearer... > Hello, > I'm trying to come up with a workable solution to implement version > control for our site. I have developers that use windows, and don't > know too much about the unix command line, so I'd prefer to use a > windows client to work on the site if possible. > > I'm looking into CVS for the version control and I've found some > directions on how to use it with websites. But it only talks about > static HTML development, it doesn't say how developers would debug PHP, > CGI, etc. This solution would not give them any ability to debug their > code before checking it back in. > > I suppose if I could get them all comfortable with the UNIX command > line, they could work on the development server, checking out the files > to a working directory that is also a virtual host. > > A new idea that I just came up with would be to have the developers use > VNC viewer to connect to an X server on the development box. The > deveopers could use a X GUI for CVS to check it out, and edit files etc. > and keep the working directory a virtual host like above. > > Is anybody doing something like this with their PHP development? Any > direction from a working implementation would be great. And what do you > think about the VNC idea that I just came up with? > > -- > Jeff Bearer, RHCE > Webmaster > PittsburghLIVE.com >