yes, this is the right thing to get going, either " tag "or "branch " they
dont have any difference only for human suitability,
Ashutosh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Haisenko" <haisenko@comdasys.com>
To: <users@subversion.tigris.org>
Cc: "Rob Wilkerson" <r.d.wilkerson@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: Branching/Merging Best Practices
> On Wednesday 12 July 2006 12:36, Rob Wilkerson wrote:
> > Sorry, I accidentally sent this directly to Nick. Hopefully this time
> > it will go to the entire list.
> >
> > ==================================
> >
> > Thanks, Nick. That makes a lot of sense and is the exact opposite of
> > how I was thinking of things. I'm glad I asked. If I understand
> > correctly, then at any given time there may be development actively
> > ongoing against the trunk and one or more branches. For some reason I
> > was thinking that the trunk was sacred. I have no idea why.
>
> There are a few ways of working with branches. One is "trunk is dirty"
which
> means that the trunk always contains the latest changes and you branch off
> stable branches from it.
>
> Another is "trunk is stable" which means that development takes places in
> branches and you then merge your stuff to trunk when you think it's
stable.
> In this type trunk IS sacred ;-)
>
> You can do both with SubVersion, pick the one that suits you best.
>
> We do it like Nick here, and only do branches for bigger changes where we
know
> it'll take a few commits until stuff will work and in the meantime our
system
> would be broken. By making a "working branch" we can break as much as we
want
> without interfering with the developers working on trunk. But it's not
> necessarily the best development method for you as well, you need to
decide
> for yourself.
>
> > Let me ask one follow up question to see how you'd handle the scenario
> > I'm about to face...once I import my current stable version and create
> > a branch for that version my trunk will look exactly the same as that
> > branch. For the next version, though, the code base will be entirely
> > reorganized - new folder structure, pathing, etc. Should I do that
> > work directly on the trunk or is that something so massive that it's
> > better handled on a branch? How are major overhauls like this handled
> > in other shops?
>
> I've done things like this in trunk so far, but just because I was the
only
> one to do such things and was the only developer working that day (we were
> small back then) so I knew I wouldn't interfere with others.
>
> Doing a branch for such things may be a good idea, but be prepared for
some
> conflicts when merging if others changed stuff on trunk while you
reorganized
> in your branch. Hard to say for me which is the best method for you...
>
> C'ya,
> Marc
>
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