Re: Tortoise SVN in for Configuration Management

Hi Steve,

2008/11/7 sstadler <sstadler_at_incircuits.com>

>
> I am trying to figure out how to use some of the tools I have to get some
> level of configuration management into a plan and process.....
>
> I want to make a collection of files, including schematic file, pcb file,
> BOM, software, calculations, etc. as a released version of those files.
>
> When using Tortoise SVN with Subversion, I made a tag for my software file,
> which makes a folder in the repository, but not in the file manager, and I
> couldn't select another file and make a tag using the same tag folder in
> the
> repository. So, I went into the repo-browser and browsed the tag folder in
> the repository, and right clicked to add a file, and I added the files to
> make the collection I want.
>
> Now I have a tag folder in the project repository named version_1.0.0.0
> that
> has a collection of files each with their unique version number.
>
> Is this the proper way to put a collection of files together as a Release /
> Tag in Subversion using TortoiseSVN??
>

First off, take a few moments to read the TSVN and/or SVN manual to make
yourself comfortable with the terminology.

As to your question on tagging: SVN is intended to tag entire folders/trees
with files. Generally you work on a main tree ('trunk') until a product is
finished and then you create a tag of the whole tree. This is a cheap
operation (no content copies take place, SVN creates 'shallow' copies).

HTH

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Regards,
Jean-Marc
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