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That's it, I'm ditching CVS!

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  • C Christian Graus

    I'll bet.  If I'd paid for it, I'd be annoyed, mostly because parts of the setup are ludicrous ( to migrate VSS, you need to create and hand edit XML files ), but once it's running, it's pretty sweet.

    Christian Graus - C++ MVP 'Why don't we jump on a fad that hasn't already been widely discredited ?' - Dilbert

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    Ray Cassick
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    I wish I could afford it.


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    • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

      Subversion is really slick! Branching, merging, versioning, etc, just became a whole lot easier. I'm switching Real Soon NowTM. :cool: If you haven't checked out Subversion yet, do. Don't forget TortoiseSVN (A shell extension which puts its cousin TortoiseCVS into shame!).

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      Lost User
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      I've been using it for the last year or so and its great. Tortoise has some quirky bugs though

      System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted() does not behave as I would expect

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        I've been using it for the last year or so and its great. Tortoise has some quirky bugs though

        System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted() does not behave as I would expect

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        Jorgen Sigvardsson
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        Josh Gray wrote:

        Tortoise has some quirky bugs though

        Hmm.. care to share? I've found one (not a show stopper, but still annoying): If you do a merge from one branch to another (trunk included), and you mismatch source/target (e.g. source = a file from branch, and target = a directory in trunk), it'll give you some nonsensical error saying "attempted to get checksum of a non file node". It ought to tell me "Hey moron, that's a mismatch!". :)

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        • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

          Josh Gray wrote:

          Tortoise has some quirky bugs though

          Hmm.. care to share? I've found one (not a show stopper, but still annoying): If you do a merge from one branch to another (trunk included), and you mismatch source/target (e.g. source = a file from branch, and target = a directory in trunk), it'll give you some nonsensical error saying "attempted to get checksum of a non file node". It ought to tell me "Hey moron, that's a mismatch!". :)

          -- Federal law prohibits changing the channel

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          Lost User
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          Just little things like the icons in Explorer not updating correctly, there is a feature that allows you can set default svn properties to be attached to a file when added to the repository. For example we always have svn:eol-style set to LF for cpp files and have checks on the server side so files cant be committed without this. Tortise should set this automatically but it only works about %50 of the time I always use Tortise to work with svn but some of the guys here like to use a combination of the command line tools and Tortise. There have been instances where versions of Tortise have not worked well specific versions of svn dispite the doco claiming that it should work. And of course there's the error you get sometimes that reads something like "Operation failed, please perform a clean-up command". Never worked out why this happens. We also have some commercially sensative stuff and access to this is restricted to the people that actually work on it. The rest of us cant see the change log for these projects and sometimes this makes merging very hard. This is mostly our fault though I think. On the whole its a great tool.

          System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted() does not behave as I would expect

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          • L Lost User

            About time, CVS is the worst system I've used. Elaine (progressive fluffy tigress)

            The tigress is here :-D

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            Paul M Watt
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            I hate it too. I have worked at quite a few places that prefer it simply because it is free. I have found it adequate at archiving, but its feature set for identifying changes and such when someone on your team checks in a large number of files and breaks the build is seriously lacking.

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            • R Ray Cassick

              I wish I could afford it.


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              David Wulff
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              FYI: The workgroup edition is included in all VS2005 TE MSDN subscriptions. If you don't have one then that's not much use, but it might help someone.


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              • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                Subversion is really slick! Branching, merging, versioning, etc, just became a whole lot easier. I'm switching Real Soon NowTM. :cool: If you haven't checked out Subversion yet, do. Don't forget TortoiseSVN (A shell extension which puts its cousin TortoiseCVS into shame!).

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                Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                Subversion is really slick!

                Yup, that it is. :)

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                • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                  Subversion is really slick! Branching, merging, versioning, etc, just became a whole lot easier. I'm switching Real Soon NowTM. :cool: If you haven't checked out Subversion yet, do. Don't forget TortoiseSVN (A shell extension which puts its cousin TortoiseCVS into shame!).

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                  Clickok
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                  Yeah, I'm working in SVN some moths now, because of CPians suggestions. Now I'm happy and my hair is most beautiful ;P, but my voice continues the same...


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                  • C Christian Graus

                    VSTS is also pretty cool :-)

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                    Andy Brummer
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                    Yeah, but it's no subversion. I'm sure they will eventually catch up, but it's still a 1.0 Microsoft product.

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                    • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                      Subversion is really slick! Branching, merging, versioning, etc, just became a whole lot easier. I'm switching Real Soon NowTM. :cool: If you haven't checked out Subversion yet, do. Don't forget TortoiseSVN (A shell extension which puts its cousin TortoiseCVS into shame!).

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                      Andy Brummer
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                      Yeah, it's one of those products that just does it's one job really well without any extra crap to get in the way.

                      Using the GridView is like trying to explain to someone else how to move a third person's hands in order to tie your shoelaces for you. -Chris Maunder

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                      • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                        Subversion is really slick! Branching, merging, versioning, etc, just became a whole lot easier. I'm switching Real Soon NowTM. :cool: If you haven't checked out Subversion yet, do. Don't forget TortoiseSVN (A shell extension which puts its cousin TortoiseCVS into shame!).

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                        Marc Clifton
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                        Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                        Subversion is really slick!

                        Ah, phooey. I like CVS. I guess the next project I'll try Subversion. I just couldn't get my head wrapped around their suggested setup. Marc

                        Thyme In The Country

                        People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                        There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                        People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                        • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                          Subversion is really slick! Branching, merging, versioning, etc, just became a whole lot easier. I'm switching Real Soon NowTM. :cool: If you haven't checked out Subversion yet, do. Don't forget TortoiseSVN (A shell extension which puts its cousin TortoiseCVS into shame!).

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                          Nemanja Trifunovic
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                          Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                          If you haven't checked out Subversion yet, do. Don't forget TortoiseSVN

                          Yep, SVN is not bad, although not perfect either. As for Tortoise, I use it only very rarely, since I mostly develop on Linux these days. Actually, svn from command line is pretty good once you get used to it.


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                          • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                            Subversion is really slick! Branching, merging, versioning, etc, just became a whole lot easier. I'm switching Real Soon NowTM. :cool: If you haven't checked out Subversion yet, do. Don't forget TortoiseSVN (A shell extension which puts its cousin TortoiseCVS into shame!).

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                            James Brown
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                            A warning to anyone installing tortoiseSvn on Vista - it keeps crashing. Plus it wipes out the themes on the explorer shell menu.


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                              Just little things like the icons in Explorer not updating correctly, there is a feature that allows you can set default svn properties to be attached to a file when added to the repository. For example we always have svn:eol-style set to LF for cpp files and have checks on the server side so files cant be committed without this. Tortise should set this automatically but it only works about %50 of the time I always use Tortise to work with svn but some of the guys here like to use a combination of the command line tools and Tortise. There have been instances where versions of Tortise have not worked well specific versions of svn dispite the doco claiming that it should work. And of course there's the error you get sometimes that reads something like "Operation failed, please perform a clean-up command". Never worked out why this happens. We also have some commercially sensative stuff and access to this is restricted to the people that actually work on it. The rest of us cant see the change log for these projects and sometimes this makes merging very hard. This is mostly our fault though I think. On the whole its a great tool.

                              System.IO.Path.IsPathRooted() does not behave as I would expect

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                              We are using Tortoise with CVS at work, 4 person team. I would like some VS 2005 integration if there is it, anyone suggest the best free add in? Also I look at SVN but apparently it's a b1tch to setup on a Windows box for server/client. Any quick dirty installers, tutorials that do the trick? Thanks

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                                Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                                Subversion is really slick!

                                Ah, phooey. I like CVS. I guess the next project I'll try Subversion. I just couldn't get my head wrapped around their suggested setup. Marc

                                Thyme In The Country

                                People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                                There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                                People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                                Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                                I do/did. Subversion is better. :)

                                Marc Clifton wrote:

                                I just couldn't get my head wrapped around their suggested setup.

                                :~ Apache/http? They have a standalone server (svnserve) now, which can also be installed as a Windows service (since version 1.4).

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                                • P Paul M Watt

                                  I hate it too. I have worked at quite a few places that prefer it simply because it is free. I have found it adequate at archiving, but its feature set for identifying changes and such when someone on your team checks in a large number of files and breaks the build is seriously lacking.

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                                  Leonardo Pessoa
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                                  And isn't Subversion as free as CVS?

                                  []'s Harkos --- "Money isn't our god, integrity will free our soul." Cut Throat - Sepultura

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                                    FYI: The workgroup edition is included in all VS2005 TE MSDN subscriptions. If you don't have one then that's not much use, but it might help someone.


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                                    Marco Stinger
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                                    David Wulff wrote:

                                    FYI: The workgroup edition is included in all VS2005 TE MSDN subscriptions.

                                    Really ? I've got a brand new MSDN Professional Subst (still waiting for the DVD's) and I 'm not allowed to download the Vs2005 Team Edition (only the Professional one that comes with no Source Control as far as I know). For now I'm a "one man developper" so I don't need any collaboration tool but I could use some versioning (something better than backups ;P) Do I miss the point ?

                                    Ciao Marco

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                                    • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                                      Subversion is really slick! Branching, merging, versioning, etc, just became a whole lot easier. I'm switching Real Soon NowTM. :cool: If you haven't checked out Subversion yet, do. Don't forget TortoiseSVN (A shell extension which puts its cousin TortoiseCVS into shame!).

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                                      MrEyes
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                                      Welcome to the fold A word of warning though: do not ever, even for a second, consider trying to run Ankh (Visual Studio Integrated SVN tool), it is spawn of the seventh gate of hell.

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                                      • L Leonardo Pessoa

                                        And isn't Subversion as free as CVS?

                                        []'s Harkos --- "Money isn't our god, integrity will free our soul." Cut Throat - Sepultura

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                                        Lost User
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                                        The point is that CVS has stumbled along and at least Subversion has made clear improvements.

                                        The tigress is here :-D

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                                        • M Marc Clifton

                                          Joergen Sigvardsson wrote:

                                          Subversion is really slick!

                                          Ah, phooey. I like CVS. I guess the next project I'll try Subversion. I just couldn't get my head wrapped around their suggested setup. Marc

                                          Thyme In The Country

                                          People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                                          There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                                          People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                                          I had two problems with CVS - first it is ok with a few people but as a team grows things get out of sync, the server gets resource leaks etc. and ssecond it is difficult to keep everyone on the same version of tools (esp. the command line tools). Elaine :rose:

                                          The tigress is here :-D

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