[program-l] Re: Version Control, No Software To Install

  • From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:30:01 +0000

Hi,
I was mislead by what I read. You do have to install stuff, but the site uses 
several different version control tools. So I guess the selling point is that 
you can have more than one kind of repository on that site.

Jim


-----Original Message-----
From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Nick.Adamson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 8:43 AM
To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [program-l] Re: Version Control, No Software To Install

Hi Jim.

It works OK as long as you stick to a couple of rules.
If you've got multiple people accessing source code files at the same time 
tools like SVN can automatically merge changes in to files or give you assisted 
ways to do this. When your dealing with non text files like word documents then 
you have to try to avoid having 2 people edit the same file at the same time. 
Most configuration management tools give you the ability to lock a file for 
editing meaning that until you check it in or unlock it no one else can check 
it in, this sort of function is useful when working with non source files in 
config management.
I've not used the tool you've sent the link for but I'd be surprised if it 
doesn't have a locking type of concept.

HTH.
Nick.
 

-----Original Message-----
From: program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:program-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Homme, James
Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 13:07
To: program-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [program-l] Version Control, No Software To Install

Hi,

In case this is useful to someone, I found this because I was trying to find a 
way to centralize the storage and retrieval for some files for myself. 
http://beanstalkapp.com/features/version_control.

 

I have a question. Would version control work for files other than source code? 
For example, if I wanted to store a couple of Word docs and retrieve them from 
more than one computer, would this kind of thing work for that?

 

Thanks.

 

Jim  

 

 


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