[ameat]

i'm planning on beginning a rather ambitious (ambitious for me...) php project and am curious about using some sort of versioning system so that i can have my most recent code with the ability to retrieve old code or perhaps branch a certain file in different code directions...

can anyone suggest a method or links of tried and true versioning procedures...also, i've heard of CVS but don't know where to find it or how to implement it locally on my system (osx) or how to interface with it once it's installed.

any helpful suggestions/instructions are much appreciated

thanks
amit

[DaGuy]

CVS will do what you want. Once you install the Developer tools, you get it by default. All you need to do is grab a tutorial and get going. It's already in the system!
http://www.cvshome.org/docs/manual/

[ 03-26-2002: Message edited by: DaGuy ]

[ameat]

dev tools are already installed, so cool.

thanks for the link...

[Porfiry]

Honestly, unless you're working with a team of people that all need to work on the source code at the same time, the hassle of learning, setting up, and maintaining a CVS repository isn't worth it. I'd just duplicate the project now and then and burn it to a CD with a timestamp.

[ameat]

just for the basic fact that it organizes and logs everything for me i think might be reason enough to learn it...i'm sure i could do it myself but to begin the project with a sense of consistency i think would prevent me from getting lazy in my backups...

anyway, i haven't yet had my chance to learn from experience so i'm probably full of shit...

thanks for the advice

[Mactoid]

Originally posted by Porfiry:
<STRONG>Honestly, unless you're working with a team of people that all need to work on the source code at the same time, the hassle of learning, setting up, and maintaining a CVS repository isn't worth it. I'd just duplicate the project now and then and burn it to a CD with a timestamp.</STRONG>

I'd disagree with that also. Learning cvs and etting up the repository is a minor one time investment, and the advantages of version control quickly overtake that cost.

At least, that's my experience. I don't regret at all setting up the repository for my various programming and web projects. In fact I'm hooked on cvs. I've got to restrain myself from putting everything I touch under VC

YMMV of course.

[MadBrowser]

I agree... CVS is so easy to use, and has wonderful benefits...

Still, I think the best docs on CVS are here:
http://www.arsdigita.com/asj/version-control/

Well written and easy to understand.