Re: Less Checkout

Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
> On Mar 30, 2008, at 21:40, Alejandro Lopez Rama(correos) wrote:
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>> I'm testing SVN to see if it fit our version control needs. One doubt
>> i have is that each developer needs to have all the files of the
>> project checked out in order to work.
>> It is correct?

Each developer can get a copy of files of the project on a per-directory
basis (not file by file). This means that each developer can get a copy of
the directory of the projects he/she is interested in to work on. Commits
can be done on a per file basis though.

>> What we want is to check out only the sources to
>> modify, and have a directory available with the last version of each
>> source. This is especially important for compiling reasons, because we
>> need to have the legal version of each include during the compilation
>> process (when we saw SourceSafe, it had an option called "Shadow
>> Folders", which leaves a copy of each file checked-in)

Warning about words:

   SVN checkout = SS Get Latest Version
   SVN update = SS Get Latest Version
   SVN lock = SS Check Out
   SVN commit = SS Check In (IIRC)

>>
>> It is possible to work in that way with SVN?

Regarding the shadow folder, this a not a feature of Subversion per se. But
it is as easy as a single line to add into the hook scripts of the
repository server. This shadow folder will then be updated after each commit.

>
> I'm not sure I understand the question, and I haven't used SourceSafe or
> any other revision control system other than Subversion, but perhaps I
> should clarify that in Subversion, "check out" does not mean "check out,
> so that nobody else can it check out"; rather, it means "get a copy, and
> anybody else can also get a copy at the same time." As you say, each
> developer should "check out" a working copy (that is "get a copy") of
> the project they're working on. They modify files and commit changes as
> they need to. Developers use "svn update" often to retrieve others'
> changes. Does that answer your concern? Have you already read the book
> available for free online at http://svnbook.org/ ?
>
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