SVN is short for "Subversion" and is an open source version control system
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Why can't I edit an SVN commit message?
I'm using SVN. Sometimes I miss something when I write a commit message. But once it's been committed, it cannot be reverted, and even I can't edit the message. Why they didn't put the edit function ...
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Managing SQL Stored Procedures' Version
I am working with a team of 5 persons. We are using SQL Server as our database.
Since long time I want to store the Stored Procedures in SVN so that the versions can be maintained. Is there any tool ...
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Compute costs of bad code
I am looking for arguments to convince management to invest effort into refactoring.
We log work using Jira and relate every svn-commit to a jira call.
My idea is to do the following:
manually ...
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Is it acceptable to deploy web app to production directly from SVN
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Is there a legitimate reason NOT to use SVN for production deploys, or is this merely a case of personal preference and there is no real case against SVN?
Background
My workplace has a ...
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Switching from SVN to Mercurial: one repository or many?
We currently have a large Subversion repository, with a tree like:
root
/libraries
/library1
/trunk
/library2
/trunk
/solutions
/solution1
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Big source tree refactor ahead - what tool to use?
We are doing a major refactor of the layout of our source tree. Masses of files are being moved, folders are being renamed, etc. etc.
We currently have everything in SVN.
We're going to move to ...
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git/svn Hooks for PHP/Zend Projects
just because i think we are not using the full potential of all possibilites here yet:
What Pre/Post Commit Hooks (i.e. PHPUnit, PHPDoc) do you people use on your Team Git/SVN Servers?
By now we do ...
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Are there any equivalent articles similar to hginit.com for git (and moving from SVN)?
I'm wanting to get the most out of git and not just be using it as a translated form of SVN. I've read hginit's article about coming from SVN. That article of course though is concerned with ...
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How Do You Pull Something from a Release?
Let's say your team is working on 10 features/fixes for a sprint. At the end of the sprint, there are one or two things that the product owner does not accept. But, they would really like the other 8 ...
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How to manage source code customizations for many users?
When I wrote original code, I was using TortoiseSVN to manage versions, but later a new problem evolved. Customers desired customization on few things and now the list of customers is growing. I want ...
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Visual Web Developer 2010 Express, automated testing, and SVN
We have an HTML designer who is not a developer but needs to modify .aspx files from our ASP.NET 2.0 projects from time to time in order to get CSS to work properly with them. Currently, this ...
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Too much version control and bug tracking overhead per change?
I work at a place that is CVS-crazy and Bugzilla-nuts.
There are so many branches off each release that one cannot count them. Everyone is constantly auto-merging.
There is no fluidity at this job. ...
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Where should the description about branches in a VCS be stored?
If you maintain many branches in your favorite version control system it is essential understand which branch for which indented.
In SVN you can put README on same level as trunk/branches/features ...
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Should you bother with SVN branches if you only ever have one?
If we only work with one branch in Subversion, should we even bother? Can't we just work on the trunk to speed things up?
This is how we develop with Subversion:
There is a trunk
We make a new ...
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We're Subversion Geeks and we want to know the benefits of Mercurial
Having read I'm a Subversion geek, why should I consider or not consider Mercurial or Git or any other DVCS.
I have a related follow up question. I read that question and read the recommended links ...
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Are there any subversion “dash board” web applications that can show me a list of recent commits from all my repositories?
I am looking for something like a subversion dashboard that at the very least can show me commits from across a group of repositories. Is there anything like this available? Since it could just as ...
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SVN - Is it OK to use any flavor of SVN amongst the team?
Is it OK if, within a team, developers use different flavors of SVN? Say one using Tortoise SVN and other using Versionsapp.com SVN?
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Best source control system for busy web development team [closed]
Having had a number of instances of merge problems and other difficulties with a large Subversion repository and a team of 10+ developers I'm considering whether SVN is the right tool and what else to ...
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Setting up CI with [Jenkins, TeamCity, etc] - which source code control?
I am bound and determined to setup CI at work. I have played with Jenkins, and will download TeamCity when I get home (damn you work enforced download filters!) I have no IT support, and only so much ...
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Strange names for revisions?
I'm working at a company that has a strange policy. They can't stick to a single name for a software revision. For some reason they have branches, versions, releases and perhaps another term. They ...
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Why is Tortoise SVN case sensitive?
I've recently encountered this using TortoiseSVN, but I assume it will be the same for CVS based programs (correct me?).
Out of pure curiosity, is there any reason why the CVS filesystem is ...
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Subversion Pre-Commit Check [closed]
In a config file for a PHP project, I have some settings that should not go out in production. Can anybody offer some specific examples or help on how to automatically check these fields and make ...
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Version control of application data
Put very simply, my company's product is a webapp with a database backend. We have a stage environment and a production environment for each of roughly 100 clients. There is a separate database for ...
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What is the best method for releasing free “extension” or example code based on a closed source proprietary project?
I have a proprietary project. It's a simple authentication library. I want to write open source(BSD) extension/examples for it. These examples interface code, connecting my authentication library to a ...
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Subversion Tools To Help With Branching and Merging
Our shop is about to release a major rewrite of our application. And, we are going to need to do bug fixes on versions out in the field while developing new features for the next version. Frankly, ...
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Coming up with a version control strategy for SVN
Off the clock I'm going to try and come up with a strategy for version control for my company; we currently use SVN but there's no structure to it - we basically only have a trunk and only commit to ...
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How do you read other's code?
Almost every advanced programmer says that it's very useful to read the code of other professionals. Usually they advice open source.
Do you read it or not? If you do, how often and what's the ...
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git for personal (one-man) projects. Overkill?
I know, and use, two version control systems: Subversion and git. Subversion, as of now, gets used for personal projects where I am the only developer and git gets used for open source projects and ...
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Storing bugfixes as local changes rather than in SVN branch
We are deploying and upkeeping web-sites to different customers. Normally we wait for newest changes to stabilize, then tag subversion version as release, and install than version to customer. Then we ...
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What advantages does TFS have over Tortoise SVN in this scenario?
This is neither a Holy War invocation nor is it http://stackoverflow.com/questions/661389/tfs-vs-svn - This question is much more specific and would potentially make a team of developers very happy:
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Keeping remote files synced with local files?
When developing web applications, how does one keep local files and remote files synced together? There is the obvious way, whenever you edit a file on your local machine, just upload that file to the ...
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Is SVN out of style? [closed]
It's been only several years since I migrated from Visual Source Safe to SVN. And SVN for me is still kinda "WOW! I can do so many things! SVN is so cool!"
But many people around me keep saying "SVN? ...
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using svn and mercurial in eclipse for same project
Is it possible to have in eclipse 2 "team providers" for same project. E.g. svn and mercurial?
So svn will be used to commit to central repository, and mercurial only to work on my PC.
E.g. when I ...
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How to separate development process and configuration management aspects of SVN?
I am looking into an alternative for the combined utilities of SVN, as both a development tool and configuration management tool. Instead, I would like to investigate the approach of having a ...
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Is using SVN for development and CM a bad practice?
I have a bit of experience with SVN as a pure programmer/developer. Within my company, however, we use SVN as our Configuration Management (CM) tool. I thought using SVN for development at the same ...
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Internal Libraries (Subversion Externals, 'library' branch, or just another folder)
Currently working on multiple projects that need to share internal libraries. The internal libraries are updated continually. Currently only 1 project needs to be stable but soon we will need to have ...
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What's the best subversion client to use for a working copy on a network share that's being modified by other users without a subversion client?
That probably sounds confusing. Here's my situation:
I have a software project I'd like to version control with Subversion.
The project files are on a network share which is modified by several users.
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What will be the best practice for having 'reviewed' source code in a source control repository?
What will be the best way to manage reviewed source code in a source control repository?
Should the source code go through a review process before getting checked in, or should the code review happen ...
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Best practice with branching source code and application lifecycle
We are a small ISV shop and we usually ship a new version of our products every month. We use Subversion as our code repository and Visual Studio 2010 as our IDE. I am aware a lot of people are ...
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F# open source project hosting using SVN
I'm looking to choose open source project hosting site for an F# project using SVN. CodePlex is where the .NET community in general and most F# projects are hosted, but I'm worried TFS + SvnBridge is ...
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How can I search for a specific file in a SVN repository?
How can I search every revision or a specific revision for a file? I want to search my entire repository for a file, and I don't want to have to check it out [the entire repo].
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Dependent on CVS tagging for automated builds
My current work relies on using tags in CVS for an automated build process (ANT currently) to build for respective environments (development, QA, production). From our research, neither Git or ...
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How and where do you store your private work/sourcecode? [closed]
I have worked as a developer for over 10 years now. During that time I have had my own small projects where I have developed tools, applications and games. I have not found any robust solution to ...
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Should I understand SVN before I jump to GIT?
I work in a department where no one has ever used source control before, including myself.
I am trying to push the concept. I have spent a little while researching SVN. I some basics learned. I can ...
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I'm a Subversion geek, why should I consider or not consider Mercurial or Git or any other DVCS?
I try to understand the benefits of distributed version control system (DVCS).
I found Subversion Re-education and this article by Martin Fowler very useful.
Mercurial and others DVCS promote a ...
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Looking for tips on managing complexity with SCM repositories
I am a solo developer in my department and I have a lot of individual projects, all created and managed by me. I started using SVN at ProjectLocker via Versions on the Mac a couple years ago when the ...
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Business case for decentralized version control systems
I searched and couldn't find any business reasons why git/mercurial/bazzr systems are better than centralized systems (subversion, perforce).
If you were trying to sell a DVCS to a non-technical ...
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Script/tool to import series of snapshots, each being a new revision, into Subversion, populating source tree? [closed]
(NOTE: Also asked on stackoverflow.com - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4604365/script-tool-to-import-series-of-snapshots-each-being-a-new-revision-into-subver
since programmers includes ...
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SVN repository host for pet projects
I need a subversion repository for a couple of projects I'm working on with friends/colleagues, in particular one that:
Is cheap;
Has an high data storage/transfer limit;
Does not have unlimited ...
