Re: Looking into using Subversion

On Nov 18, 2013, at 9:54 AM, Chris Shelton <cshelton_at_shelton-family.net> wrote:

> I would suggest looking at the SVN::Notify::Mirror perl module:
> http://search.cpan.org/~jpeacock/SVN-Notify-Mirror-0.040/lib/SVN/Notify/Mirror.pm
>
> It includes a Perl script that is intended for using within a
> post-commit hook script to perform updates of a working copy after
> each commit. I have been using it for automated deployment of code
> changes to a test web server for a few years now with generally
> reliable results.

That sort of thing can work for a single developer but what little I have heard of the O.P.'s situation I think that solution scares me. A lot of things scare me.

First scare is that I often commit unworking or incomplete code when I have reached a milestone that deserves a commit and a commit comment. Just because someone committed the code doesn't mean its ready to go into production.

Secondly is more of the above. Multiple developers contributing code needs one project leader to review everything the others have done and interaction between, and make the decision when to tag and send to production. I think you are asking for trouble if everyone routinely automatically pushes their work out to production without the review of another.

If developers have the problem of not having their own machine capable of executing the code then give each developer their own working directory under the web server. Make sure everyone understands they have to write position-independent code. No hardcoded file paths into their own work only to well known system resources.

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