[TxMt] save as copy

[Tony Crockford]

On 11 Mar 2008, at 16:34, Daniel Stockman wrote:
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> Shuffling files and folders around ad nauseam is not exactly speedy,  
> either. And woe unto you if you want to see how those folders looked  
> two weeks ago (including that folder you deleted and those files you  
> renamed...).

Time Machine?  makes it easy...  but does it break mercurial's in  
folder stuff?

>
>
> I am a web developer, and I will never go back to ad hoc,  
> unversioned code. Your sanity will thank you, too.
>
>>> often I want a copy of a CSS file so the changes I'm making can be  
>>> undone en-masse.
>>>
>>> I'll also make a myriad of changes to several files to get a  
>>> desired result and having to comment each change or commit is  
>>> counter productive.
>
> Mercurial makes branching and merging almost painless (for trivial  
> changes, that is). Also, collecting a series of changes to multiple  
> files in a single changeset (that you can switch to instantly at- 
> will) is far more efficient, from my perspective, than even a  
> _highly-organized_ heap (heh) of files and folders with byzantine  
> naming schemes.
>
>>> If I could get into the habit, it might help, but it doesn't seem  
>>> to bring any benefits to me at this point...
>>>
>>> any other web developers/builders using Version Control Systems  
>>> want to share workflow? or point to a step by step?
>
> "Distributed Version Control Illustrated"[1] is a good place to  
> start, I've found the "Hg Book" [2] to be informative and easy to  
> read, as well. (shame about the pictures, though :/). The Mercurial  
> wiki [3] is the canonical reference point.

thanks for those.

Maybe I'll make one more attempt at getting organised...

;o)