RE: [OTish] Version Control?

Hi Richard --

> Thanks for the extensive info,
> I am curious.... Assuming your website is made up different "sections",
> would I be correct in assuming that the files this section depends on
> are finite?
> e.g.
>     bin/section_a.sh
>     cron/section_a.crontab
>     template/section_a.html
>     htdocs/section_a.pm
>     ....
>
> Does CVS provide any ability to checkout the corresponding file from
> each section?
> I figure this would require a certain amount of developer supplied meta
> data so that CVS knew which files we part of which sections.
> Is this kind of thing supported.

I'm not sure if I understand how you are using the word "section" here.  The
way I use CVS, I always check out ALL the files related to a project -- even
those not related to the immediate task at hand.  There is no advantage (at
least not one I can see) for checking out only certain files.


> Finally, going completely off topic, does your choice of editor reflect
> your extensive usage of CVS.... say emacs with a cvs module?

I don't think so.  I actually use pico.  (Don't bother making fun of me --
I've already been roasted by the best of 'em!)  A number of my developers
are emacs nuts, one uses vi (ouch!), and one uses a Windows-based editor and
FTP.  I imagine emacs has some sort of special CVS tie-in (it ties in
everything else!), but it obviously isn't really important for basic CVS
usage.


TTYL,

-Jesse-


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  Jesse Erlbaum
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