On 11/17/05, Gale, David <David.Gale@hypertherm.com> wrote:
> I was just talking with one of my fellow developers about the project
> she's working on, and how she's not sure subversion is capable of doing
> what she needs it to. I've come up with two answers, which I'll detail
> below; can anyone think of anything better?
>
> The Problem: She needs to modify the files she's working on through a
> tool that's only available for her Windows desktop, but she can only
> test the modifications once they're on a Unix box. (They're a
> proprietary binary format.)
>
> Her current workflow is to FTP the file(s) she needs to her box, edit,
> save with an increasing id number, ftp that file/files to the test
> system, test, edit on her machine, ftp, test, etc., until she has a
> working version.
>
> Possible Solutions:
> Create a branch, switch the testing system, switch her working copy,
> make changes, commit to the branch, update the testing system, test,
> make changes, commit, update, test, etc., and eventually merge back to
> production. Downsides: the repository's revision number would take off,
> she's doing two steps (commit & update) where before she did one (ftp),
> and the repository would be full of non-working versions.
>
> Or, checkout a working copy to her desktop, make changes, save with an
> increasing id number, ftp to the testing system, test, make changes,
> ftp, test, etc., and commit her working copy once she's got a good
> version. I like this version better, though one thing I like about
> subversion is that you don't need to use ftp anymore, which this process
> wouldn't allow.
That sounds overly complex. I'm not terribly experienced with svn
yet, but why not set up the repository on the Unix box and have her
work with it via TortoiseSVN? Then, write a post-commit hook script
that grabs the file from the repository and drops it where she's
FTPing it today?
Failing that, run the repository on another server (or even her
desktop), and have a post-commit script FTP the file to the Unix box?
Most command-line FTP clients can be scripted easily, or you could
probably find a Perl or Python module to do it in-script.
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Received on Thu Nov 17 19:09:08 2005