Version-control software allows you to keep several versions of a file. Each time the file is changed, a new version is created. Older versions can be retrieved. Related files can be grouped together. Multiple people can edit the same files and their changes can be merged together.
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putting blog posts under version control
Is there any way to version control blog posts? I don't mind running subversion on my server, but I want my buddies to make changes to what I write and commit to svn, then update the blog post. Has ...
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Telling Versions.app to ignore certain svn files/folders
I'm using Versions & Beanstalk for svn. My app has some log files stored within a subfolder - how can I tell Versions to skip these when committing? I know it has something to do with svn:ignore, ...
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How can I reliably synch local source files with a remote?
I'm developing locally on a mac running MAMP and BBEdit. I'm currently using Transmit to synch files by (S)FTP. I like the software and it has a "synch" feature to compare local files to remote either ...
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Organizing SVN Branches with TortoiseSVN
How do I organize branches in the SVN system? I'm using TortoiseSVN since I use Windows.
Currently I have this kind of file/directory structure. I'm somewhat getting used to managing numbered ...
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Version Control for Eclipse that's like Xcode 4's version control?
I really enjoy Xcode 4's version control with git. It's all very simple and intuitive and enables me to be extremely productive. If I modify a file, a little 'M' pops up next to the file and all I ...
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Folder backups and revisions
I'm creating a database program for drawings, but I am looking for a program that helps me to control the revisions and users of the documents.
For example, if one of my draftsmen has to make a ...
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SVN Multiple Commands single revision
I want to do something like
svn add dir1 dir2; svn ci dir1 dir2 but have it be only 1 revision. Is there a way to do this?
P.S. Is this the correct way to add new folders (with contents) to the ...
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How to relocate our source code from Vista running VisualSVN Server to Windows 7 running VisualSVN Server?
I have been using VisualSVN Server without any problem on Vista.
When it is time to change everything to Windows 7, I wonder what's the best way to do that?
Is it best to "check in" all the code ...
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Compare dialog does not show differences
In Eclipse, my Compare dialog does not show differences between files, if I compare two folders or revisions.
For example the text file ant (without an extension) is not compared well.
There are no ...
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Install Mercurial 1.9.1 (isapi) on win2k3
I have been trying to get Mercurial installed on my 32bit 2003 server and i have been running into some issues. i have followed these instructions (which is the most current that i can find) with the ...
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How can I know the list of files added to an SVN branch?
I need to find out all the files that were added to a given branch starting from a certain revision number. What command should I use ? I have access to grep, etc. I'm looking for a command-line ...
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Stop Git from Opening a new Terminal.app Window on Commit
Git is automatically opening a Terminal window when I save commit messages on my Mac. This might normally be useful (e.g. if the commit was initiated from a Terminal window), but I use iTerm as my ...
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Where are the PHP 5.2.4 Source Files?
I would like to get the source files for PHP 5.2.4. Where are they? I would think php.net but I could not find them on the web. I tried using Tortoise/SVN to connect to the php.net repository but ...
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What is a good choice of version control software for photography?
I have a large and growing collection of photos. I would like to use version control software to give me "rewind" functionality - typically so I can go back and see the original of an edited image. I ...
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TortoiseHg; How to Connect to Server?
I'm starting a project with another partner of mine and have therefore resorted to using the Student Package from Kiln as a repository. I would like to get the bloody thing to work.
I've looked at ...
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Is there a proper way to 'sync' branches and keep them separate?
So I created a new branch from master and eventually merge the changes back, only some changes seemed to merge and it would seem I merged in one direction. Eventually I just decided to be sure master ...
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Using Mercurial in Emacs
It seems that there are a lot of different ways to work with Mercurial from within Emacs. (In case it matters, I'm using Emacs 24.1.1 and Mercurial 2.5.2 on Ubuntu 12.10.)
I have found the following ...
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Workflow for using version control with automated backup/sync
I am currently working on several different projects. I use Mercurial for version control (through BitBucket) and SpiderOak for automated backup. I work on two machines, a desktop at home and a ...
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Monit vs Source Control: permission problems
I'm trying to be good. That's my big mistake.
I'm being good by having process monitoring: I have monit watching some key processes, and restarting them if they fail.
I'm being good by not running ...
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Git differences between OSX and Linux
This has been driving me somewhat insane but I can't find any information on it. I have both Mac and a Linux (Ubuntu) machines. I work on both but I'm finding Git is behaving very differently during ...
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Set a document version on Sharepoint
Currently we are transferring our documents from a simple shared folder to an enterprise scale document management system (a.k.a. Sharepoint :) )
These documents have been living in that shared ...
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File sync and version control on LAN with a Drobo?
I work in a office with another video producer and we have a networked Drobo. Currently we are using Backuplist+ to sync files to a common folder between our Mac Pro's. Works fine, but it's hard to ...
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Is there a savepoint like feature in Unix based Operating System?
I'm interested in knowing if things like
File system structure creation/modification
Execution of commands like adduser
Changes made between specific duration start/end datetime
can be reversed, ...
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Graphics asset management software
I work in a design studio and need some software to manage graphic resources. We coders are pretty happy with git but I need something more user friendly for designers. Preferrably something with Mac ...
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Is there a way to use GitHub for Mac for GitHub remote and CLI for other remote?
The GitHub for Mac app says it'll only work with the Git origin remote. This means that it'll only work with one remote.
My current remote is used to push to Heroku. Is there a way to set my origin ...
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Git pull/fetch doesn't seem to work
I am using git over hamachi vpn and am able to clone the remote repository.
However, git pull/fetch fails after hanging for a long time.
The error message displayed is:
Write failed: Broken pipe ...
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Clearcase Woes with Windows 7
I am using clearcase as my versioning system. I have problems with the mapped views. My project contains few components which are required to be registered using admin privliges.
On booting up, the ...
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Avoid “The source conrol provider associated… could not be found” message in SSMS
Every time I open my *.ssmssqlproj in SSMS i get the message:
The source control provider associated
with this solution could not be found.
The projects will be treated as not
under source ...
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Is there any git “for humans”?
A few non-technical friends have expressed interest in many of the cool abilities of git (the version control and rollbacks, not the offsite duplication), but definitely don't want to deal with git-* ...
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Revision control on a machine without root privileges
I am using a computational server (Scientific Linux) that I don't have root privileges on. I want to keep track of changes I make to my code and any forking I do.
Subversion looks like a natural fit ...
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How to version large binary files?
I run Windows XP inside a virtual machine for some tasks. I attempted to use git to version the image for virtual box; however, it is about 6GB after all the service packs. I only have 6GB of ram ...
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Where does subversion download a newly checked out project to?
I have just gotten svn and checked out my first project from the internet. Normally when I'm working with SVN, I have created the project locally. I downloaded the trunk with svn co
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How do I set up CVS for group use?
I am completely new to CVS as well as linux terminal so please bear with me.
I need to setup cvs so my group members (on other machines) can access the repository and do all the good CVS stuff. How ...
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How do I install git 1.8.3 on mac OSX?
I want to use the new git submodule deinit command added with 1.8.3.
Can someone give me step-by-step instructions on how to install and use the development version of git on mac OSX 10.7.5? The ...
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How can I automatically compare and merge a large number of text files?
Due to a series of technical snafus with Dropbox and Simplenote syncing, my main writing folder, which contains text files mostly in Markdown format, is all messed up.
I have about 500 unique files, ...
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Automatically track all changes to a folder on Windows 7
Is there any software that can keep track of all changes that are made to the files in a specific folder? I'd like to keep track of the complete revision history of a specific folder (so that if I ...
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using git for media libraries
Rationale:
I want to manage libraries of media files (music, images) using git, there is git-annex but it requires haskel platform - but they do not play together well (also it's quite to big ...
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Simple file manager with version control
As the title suggests, I am looking for a simple file manager script that has some form of version control system built into it.
My needs are:
It needs to be web based (written in PHP using MySQL ...
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Is there a sort of SVN for files from laptop and external HD?
I have a collection of files on laptop, with many folder and subfolders.
At the same time, I'd like to do a backup of this collection on my external HD.
But browse both path every time is ...
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Problem with SVN and non-versioned documents not being able to update and clean up
I am using TortoiseSVN and I am trying to update a folder completely. However, right-clicking the folder and going "SVN update" doesn't work. It usually does. This time it says: Error Working copy ...
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Powerpoint saves files after just viewing
If i open a .ppt file in Powerpoint 2007 and then just close it without modifying anything the file will be saved/modified by powerpoint. (.pptx doesnt seem to be affected)
This is very annoying as ...
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Will a SVN for multiple terabytes of graphics/images require a large amount of space for the repository?
I am looking at implementing a simple SVN for our design department. I am leaning towards SVN with Versions (OS X client).
We have about 3 TB and growing of design images.
I'm curious how SVN ...
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Use SVN/GIT for Software Versioning history? Or something else?
I'm currently working on implementing a versioning infrastructure for our in-business applications. You know, V1.1, 1.2 etc for our apps.
What I would like to do is have a simple setup of recording ...
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Subclipse - How to mark a major revision?
How does one go about marking a major revision using the Subclipse plugin? I'd like to mark a project at the end of an iteration such that it's possible to revert if necessary without going through ...
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What is a good Version Control GUI Client for Linux?
I find there are too few for SVN, so I might switch to another. Right now I'm using RabbitVCS, an SVN nautilus integration. Very similar to tortoiseSVN but with bugs/beta/alpha feel. I need something ...
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PHP revision control / edit history implementation
I'm trying to let users to edit certain text on some pages of my website. And, I want to maintain an Edit History of them so changes can easily be reverted back. So basically, I'm just trying to ...
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Setting up ssh in git
I am trying to setup git ssh client on my windows PC. I was logged in to the PC as a domain user and I installed git and set up the ssh client through the domain user account which I was logged in. My ...
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Can't get sync with SVN to work to put a directory under version control
I've created a directory on our SVN server and added a local directory with my project to it. It got uploaded and seems to be OK.
However, I didn't get those cute green (or any others) icons on the ...
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How to check if bzr “Tree is up to date” ? (to only build when necessary)
I'm setting up a script to download, build and install a big project (that uses bazaar) and want to trigger the build process only if the "bzr update" does NOT return "Tree is up to date at revision ...
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git init --bare permission denied on 16gb USB stick
I am using GIT on a Windows 7 machine (64 bit) and have been learning how to use GIT to version control my files.
Now I want to be able to create a --bare repository on an external device (in this ...
