RE: code release cycle under svn

Matt,

        I know how you feel, I have never used a versioning software until
this month. But juggling production and development servers was getting to
bee too much for me. Svn has really helped my management of all my servers
and what is visible.

I am glad I could be of assistance.

Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: matt farey [mailto:matt.farey@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:04 PM
To: users@subversion.tigris.org
Cc: Tech Support
Subject: Re: code release cycle under svn

Tech Support wrote:
> Matt,
>
> The route I went, and this may help you, I setup a Directory for
> development and one for production.
>
> The production servers I checked out a working copy of the production
> folder where only the administrator has the ability to commit to.
> Then I set up a crontab job to do a svn up every half hour this will
> keep the Production servers current.
>
> I did the same with the development servers but the developers have
> commit ability and the crontab is set to every min. this allows
> developers more "Real Time" web developing environment and prevents
> users from updating the Production systems.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Scott
>
>

Thank you Scott, I will immediately set up said cron for the prod server,
that makes a lot of sense.
I was thinking along the lines of "its March of the 1st year of this stuff
so I know that the prod server has release y=1 years and x=3 months, 1.3
perhaps then bugfix n making 1.3.0n" so I can keep track transparently from
outside SVN of what is emerging from it.
I wondered what this would mean for the structure in the repository - would
I see multiple directories,
1
 |_1
  |_00
  |_01
  |_02
 |_2
  |_00
  |_01
.
.
.
for releases 1.1 1.1 bugfix 1 bugfix 2 through release 1.2 in the second
month bugfix 1 etc...
I just get the impression with SVN that a seriously organised methodical and
experienced approach can be helpful in mitigating disasters later.
I've lurked on this list for long enough to see a few real nasties with no
backup, I would like "built in roll back" where it doesnt just depend on
being able to go back to revision 3411 of a single file, but I can switch
directories. Then again I am probably over simplifying matters and due to
the way the repo DB works I doubt there is replication with the DB anyway.
You see I am such a newbie I am scared to do _anything_!!

Thanks again, m

> -----Original Message-----
> From: matt farey [mailto:matt.farey@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:10 AM
> To: users@subversion.tigris.org
> Subject: code release cycle under svn
>
> Hiya,
> I've come late to SVN use, so I apologise if this question gives you a
> bored sinking feeling!
> A web dev project is getting increasingly complex, I would like to
> know how to stage the release of the code to the web server, so that
> each month I can use SVN to push a working set of files to the server
> delivering a predictable code release cycle to the client.
> I realise I could just commit (with note "release 1.0" in the log)
> from my working copy, then from the server check out a particular
> revision into the web root for that app, but was wondering if I could
> get some thoughts from more experienced users. In major opensource
> releases I notice there are often multiple directories corresponding
> to each new release, I like this structure.
> The project as a whole is only a few MB so I'm not too concerned about
> HD space, what most concerns me is transparency, - I am still at the
> newbie - "black box awe" stage of SVN use!
>
> At the moment the repo is organised like so:
> www.webserver.com/www/trunk/private/
> www.webserver.com/www/trunk/public/
> where
> www.webserver.com/www/trunk/
> corresponds to the web doc root for the vhost concerned.
> I realise this structure might have to change!
> matt
>
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