RE: Question about subversion

> Hi there. I have a question about subversion.

I think the previous response was quite correct, it mostly all depends.

> I have a theory on what files should not be on SVN and I would like you to tell
> me if you agree. If you dont agree can you tell me why please. If you see more
> files that should not be there, tell me and why.
> Files who should not be on SVN :
> . files automatically generated

Well, Visual Studio generates "designer" files when you edit a web form... we do check those in. We also use compass and I check in the compiled .css file. Of course, I would like to no longer do that and have the build server generate it.

> . files containing specific information about my development environment (so
> properties files for example)

For the most part, yes. We check in the files with a .template in the name and have an init.bat file that copies them out... this way for any initial checkout you at least get reasonable defaults. Our template files also contain the QA connection strings so even a dev without the dbs set up will be able to locally run the ap. (as was said before, it depends).

. executable files
> PS: I am conscious that we can put anything to subversion but I am looking for
> Best practices Thank you so much

Once again, it depends. Many people feel it is a best practice to be able to do a check-out and then build the file without having to do any specific tool installs on your PC. Stuff like NuGet (gems npm whatever) help a lot, since your build can leverage those tools to get the binaries you need to build test. But, sometimes those tools need to be there. For example, we have nant (build tool) and mbunit (test tool) checked in so that the build server doesn't need to have each of those tools installed, and so also we can rev those tools by project rather than having to upgrade all the projects at once.

Also, we have some legacy VB6 code in our project and we use binary compatibility, so we need to DLLs checked in. As much as I don't like it. I am also considering moving these to a new repo and linking with external so that we don't get all the repo bloat... I can just blow away the "binary" repo every year or so.

But, yes, for the most part, that artifacts that your project builds aren't checked in.. but sometimes dependencies and tools are checked in as binaries.

So.... the correct answer, as with almost anything in development is, it depends.

BOb

>
> ________________________________________
> *****************************************************
> "Le contenu de ce courriel et ses eventuelles pièces jointes sont confidentiels.
> Ils s'adressent exclusivement à la personne destinataire. Si cet envoi ne vous
> est pas destiné, ou si vous l'avez reçu par erreur, et afin de ne pas violer le
> secret des correspondances, vous ne devez pas le transmettre à d'autres
> personnes ni le reproduire. Merci de le renvoyer à l'émetteur et de le détruire.
>
> Attention : L'Organisme de l'émetteur du message ne pourra être tenu
> responsable de l'altération du présent courriel. Il appartient au destinataire de
> vérifier que les messages et pièces jointes reçus ne contiennent pas de virus.
> Les opinions contenues dans ce courriel et ses éventuelles pièces jointes sont
> celles de l'émetteur. Elles ne reflètent pas la position de l'Organisme sauf s'il
> en est disposé autrement dans le présent courriel."
> ******************************************************
Received on 2013-06-26 17:15:01 CEST