Source Code Control Advice - Remote Working
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Hi, I've been developing a number of applications for my own company over the past couple of years and I've reached a point where I really need to start using a source code control system. I've used them in the past of course including Visual Source Safe, CVS and so on but what I really need is to take advantage of a server-based system as I have a Windows 2003 server in a data-centre and I would like to submit my code and my changes via a suitable web client. All my development is in Visual Studio 2005 and soon-to-be 2K8. I tend to be out and about on a laptop so a lot of my development is done remotely - I spend a lot of time in hotels! What would people advise for a single user that needs to use a server to host their code over the Internet? I looked at Perforce which is supposedly free for a single user. Is that a good place to start? Thanks for looking :)
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Hi, I've been developing a number of applications for my own company over the past couple of years and I've reached a point where I really need to start using a source code control system. I've used them in the past of course including Visual Source Safe, CVS and so on but what I really need is to take advantage of a server-based system as I have a Windows 2003 server in a data-centre and I would like to submit my code and my changes via a suitable web client. All my development is in Visual Studio 2005 and soon-to-be 2K8. I tend to be out and about on a laptop so a lot of my development is done remotely - I spend a lot of time in hotels! What would people advise for a single user that needs to use a server to host their code over the Internet? I looked at Perforce which is supposedly free for a single user. Is that a good place to start? Thanks for looking :)
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phykell wrote:
What would people advise for a single user that needs to use a server to host their code over the Internet?
I believe SourceGear's Vault is free for a single user license. I've used it in the past and was very impressed with it.
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phykell wrote:
What would people advise for a single user that needs to use a server to host their code over the Internet?
I believe SourceGear's Vault is free for a single user license. I've used it in the past and was very impressed with it.
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I'll second Vault. We use it, and it is a great product (plus, it will suck in your existing VSS projects if you have them).
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Hi, I've been developing a number of applications for my own company over the past couple of years and I've reached a point where I really need to start using a source code control system. I've used them in the past of course including Visual Source Safe, CVS and so on but what I really need is to take advantage of a server-based system as I have a Windows 2003 server in a data-centre and I would like to submit my code and my changes via a suitable web client. All my development is in Visual Studio 2005 and soon-to-be 2K8. I tend to be out and about on a laptop so a lot of my development is done remotely - I spend a lot of time in hotels! What would people advise for a single user that needs to use a server to host their code over the Internet? I looked at Perforce which is supposedly free for a single user. Is that a good place to start? Thanks for looking :)
Evil cannot be conquered in the world... It can only be resisted within oneself.
I'll recommend the usual Subversion, completely free for home many users there are. I've actually set up my own Windows 2003 Server back at home and use VisualSVN Server[^] for configuring the server side of things (makes things very simple) and TortoiseSVN for the client. The advantage I can see of Subversion is that it's very widely used and open source, lots of people use it and from what I can remember there are plug-ins available for it to work with other version control systems so if you do decide to change then you can move things over with less hassle than other systems. I for a while hated source control but after using Subversion love it. You can if you're using Visual Studio a lot pay $49 for a VisualSVN client for it (I tried the demo and it was great) but seeing as I don't absolutely need it I just use Tortoise although I might buy one over the summer for work.
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