[TxMt] Automated way to keep SVN repository in sync with local files?

[Sean Schertell]

I'm glad that this thread has inspired lots of related discussion but  
how about my original questions? ;-)

Am I the only one who can't seem to get with the program in terms of  
manually keeping my svn repository in sync with my local working  
copy?  How do you guys deal with the situation I described where the  
time comes when you need to move files around, rename stuff, combine  
some files, delete no longer used files etc. ?  How the heck do you  
guys keep your svn in sync?

Sean



On Feb 25, 2006, at 5:55 PM, Eric Coleman wrote:

> Not to hijack the thread or anything, but the way you formatted  
> your email, did you do that on your own?  I.e. the links.
>
> I've noticed more and more people with emails like that (from other  
> places too) and I was curious if you are automating it, or if your  
> just doing it by hand.
>
> (Im referring to ben and his [1] marks)
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric Coleman
>
> On Feb 25, 2006, at 2:04 AM, Benoit Gagnon wrote:
>
>> On Feb 25, 2006, at 1:17 AM, Ned Baldessin wrote:
>>
>>> (Slightly hijacking the thread, and slightly off topic, sorry)
>>>
>>> Can anyone point me to a definitive source for using SVN in web  
>>> projects ?
>>>
>>> I've tried it on my own several times and with a second developer
>>> once, but I still haven't found a good workflow or method.
>>>
>>> This article is interesting, but too vague :
>>> http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/02/07/using-svn-for-web- 
>>> development/
>>>
>>> How do you guys handle SVN, and how have you integrated it in TM ?
>>>
>>> My latest idea: using the auto-commit on save when you mount a  
>>> webdav
>>> repository as a drive.
>>
>> Using WebDAV auto-commit is a good idea if you work only on static  
>> content, where the commit message and diff would give pretty much  
>> the same information anyway.
>>
>> If you are developing web applications, however, I strongly  
>> recommend you do it the Right Way™. That is, set up a fully  
>> independent, development server on your machine. If, like me, you  
>> don't like the idea of messing around and installing low level  
>> stuff on your OS X box, have a look a "one click" solutions. For  
>> Rails, Locomotive [1] is excellent. For PHP/MySQL/Apache, I use  
>> xampp [2].
>>
>> You can have the SVN repository either on your machine or on the  
>> server. I use the second option so I can make quick changes from  
>> other machines. Either way, backup the entire svn repos using  
>> svndump on the second machine. You can use incremental backups if  
>> your repository is really big.
>>
>> When you work on the source, it's a good practice to commit your  
>> changes in small chunks. One commit per modification is ideal.  
>> More than one file can be modified, but try to commit the changes  
>> on a "feature" basis. You'll appreciate this extra work when  
>> you'll have different branches and want to merge, rollback or  
>> combine changesets without having to do it on a file by file basis.
>>
>> One last thing. If you use Rails, here's something I discovered  
>> after a while: it's so quick easy to modify an application in  
>> Rails... I often forget to commit my changes regularly ! Then I  
>> end up with 20 modified files, related to around 4 different  
>> "iterations". Log messages can get tedious when such things happen.
>>
>> I've used this setup with PHP applications, LaTeX, C++ projects,  
>> and now using it for a Rails application.
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> [1] http://locomotive.raaum.org/home/show/HomePage
>> [2] http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> 2006/2/25, Chris Thomas <chris at cjack.com>:
>>>>> This might be a dumb question, but is there ANY elegant solution
>>>>> for keeping my Subversion repository in sync with my local files
>>>>> *including* adding files, deleting files, renaming files?
>>>>
>>>> Something like this script might help with adds and deletes, but
>>>> won't handle moves or renames:
>>>>
>>>> http://svn.bitflux.ch/repos/public/bxcmsng/trunk/inc/bx/tools/ 
>>>> svnsync
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
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