Thank you for the reply... the Vendor Drop does really sound like the way
that would work best for me... but, since I am quite new to Subversion, I
think that I will first start out using a more simple solution... although
it might require a little more maintenance on my part then the Vendor Drop
method. Initially I think that I will follow this suggestion from
Andy<http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2006-01/1253.shtml>...
then as I become more experienced with Subversion, I'll start adapting the
Vendor Drop. I'm pretty excited to start using Subversion for my own work...
On 1/27/06, Ryan Schmidt < subversion-2006Q1@ryandesign.com> wrote:
>
> On Jan 27, 2006, at 20:57, Bill Bengtson wrote:
>
> > - I do my Development on my Windows XP laptop (server) & upload the
> > files to the Production Linux Server. My laptop is mobile obviously,
> > using different Internet connections & IP addresses all the time, so I
> > don't believe that I can put a Subversion Server on the laptop &
> > expect my Prod Server to ever find the laptop's Repository… correct? I
> > do not want to pay for or setup an account with somebody to give my
> > dynamic IP address a static DNS listing, or whatever that is properly
> > called.
>
> Not quite on-topic for this list, but I can recommend ZoneEdit
> (www.zoneedit.com). They offer free DNS service for up to five domain
> names, and that includes dynamic DNS if you like. So if you already
> have a domain name, you can move its DNS to ZoneEdit, where you'll
> probably have more control over it than you did at your previous DNS
> provider (your registrar for example) while enabling you to use
> dyndns. I've used ZoneEdit for around 5 years, I think, and while
> their interface isn't particularly pretty and hasn't gotten a
> facelift during that time, I can only recall two very brief periods
> where the DNS service was unavailable.
>
>
> > I have been reading the Subversion docs, but I do not understand how
> > to apply it to my scenario. My confusion sets in when I realize that I
> > will still be downloading the latest Trunk files, yet uploading to a
> > Repository on my Prod server. How can one Repository both receive the
> > latest Trunk from the Typo people, as well as receive edited versions
> > of those same files from me on my Development laptop, yet download the
> > latest Trunk files from Typo again later & not totally wipe out my own
> > personal edits in some of the files? All this while keeping everything
> > in-sync & not stepping on each others toes?
>
> If you really need to make modifications to someone else's software,
> you'll probably want to keep that software in your repository as a
> vendor drop, then copy it to a different path within the repository
> and make your changes. Any time you update to a new version of the
> vendor project, you can then merge those changes into your custom
> version and still retain your changes. You can read up on vendor
> branches in the Subversion Book:
>
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch07s05.html
>
> If the project you're importing is also using Subversion you may be
> able to skip the vendor branch bit; see my response to the second
> question in this message:
>
> http://svn.haxx.se/users/archive-2006-01/0787.shtml
>
>
>
Received on Sun Jan 29 03:07:14 2006