tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post7328423253725323545..comments2023-10-17T12:00:16.772+01:00Comments on Code rant: Choosing a Source Control ToolMike Hadlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16441901713967254504noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-11864359867789872442011-04-13T11:48:08.170+01:002011-04-13T11:48:08.170+01:00Hi James,
You are correct. TortoiseSVN is a Subve...Hi James,<br /><br />You are correct. TortoiseSVN is a Subversion client. If you need to host your own Subversion server, you will need to install it separately. However, I'd really recommend looking at cloud based Subversion hosting, it will relieve you of the hassle of maintaining and backing up your own server instance.Mike Hadlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441901713967254504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-65299480461716294722011-04-13T10:12:18.935+01:002011-04-13T10:12:18.935+01:00Apols in advance if this is a really dumb question...Apols in advance if this is a really dumb question.<br /><br />I am wondering about the difference between Subversion and TortoiseSVN.<br /><br />My understanding is that TortioseSVN is a front end (client piece) to Subversion (server piece). If you go to the TortoiseSVN page and download it, does it come with the Subversion engine or do you have to get both client and server pieces separately?<br /><br />Thanks.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10480129280959148524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-66075037574034139342009-04-12T21:25:00.000+01:002009-04-12T21:25:00.000+01:00Bruce, thanks for the VisualSVN Server tip.Git loo...Bruce, thanks for the VisualSVN Server tip.<BR/><BR/>Git looks like a fantastic tool if you are after distributed SC, I only hear good things about it. But for a team coming from VSS, I think SVN would be a better match.<BR/><BR/>J Wynia, yes I should have pointed out the free vs expensive side of the argument :)Mike Hadlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16441901713967254504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-63810585140438795052009-04-11T18:59:00.000+01:002009-04-11T18:59:00.000+01:00There's somet other things that Subversion is miss...There's somet other things that Subversion is missing that TFS has: a $2800 server license fee and a $500 per workstation license fee.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813365042401015041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-38694968268164188642009-04-11T10:23:00.000+01:002009-04-11T10:23:00.000+01:00Hi Mike,Have you tried SVN-Monitor (http://www.svn...Hi Mike,<BR/><BR/>Have you tried SVN-Monitor (http://www.svnmonitor.com)? I think is great to keep you in touch with the repository, specially when working with distributed teams.<BR/><BR/>Regards.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17272456173173044943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-28497152551885706472009-04-09T19:04:00.000+01:002009-04-09T19:04:00.000+01:00http://www.visualsvn.com/server/No hassle & su...http://www.visualsvn.com/server/<BR/><BR/>No hassle & supports windows users.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-18774280706598570962009-04-09T08:35:00.000+01:002009-04-09T08:35:00.000+01:00I use TFS (With NUnit and CC), but would rather be...I use TFS (With NUnit and CC), but would rather be using Subversion.<BR/><BR/>A lot of people I know rave on about GIT- it is one of the two being used at Google (the other is Subversion).Richard ODhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13855706515612188950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-53090870656061110142009-04-09T08:26:00.000+01:002009-04-09T08:26:00.000+01:00Excellent summary, Mike! We switched to Subversion...Excellent summary, Mike! We switched to Subversion at Madgex last year and it's been a pretty good experience. We're using VisualSVN Server which provides Active Directory support for users and groups and is FREE (as in beer). We also use the VisualSVN client for VS integration which is a solid tool and reasonably priced. It takes the approach of doing just enough for VS integration and leaving the rest to Tortoise. Less is more.<BR/><BR/>To the previous commentator, if you look closely, Git doesn't offer many advantages to a shop with permanent, co-located devs. If you're team isn't distributed, distributed SCM doesn't offer a whole lot, especially when the tools are so immature.Bruce Boughtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543393381350296253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-27332995416880224002009-04-09T07:35:00.000+01:002009-04-09T07:35:00.000+01:00+1 for git !+1 for git !Cyril Bioleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-73189208228172300032009-04-09T03:16:00.000+01:002009-04-09T03:16:00.000+01:00Not even one mention to Git?? There's something wr...Not even one mention to Git?? There's something wrong here. I'm pretty sure it will take some time to make it hit the top of the list, but I'm sure it will be there, specially with visual tools like tortoise git and msysgit.<BR/><BR/>Some resources:<BR/><BR/>http://git-scm.org/<BR/>http://code.google.com/p/msysgit/<BR/>http://code.google.com/p/tortoisegit/<BR/><BR/>There are other, like Mercurial and Bazaar, but I'm pretty happy with git. No more centralized source control :)Rafael Rosa Fuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095879868901740960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-9450682845692787942009-04-08T21:56:00.000+01:002009-04-08T21:56:00.000+01:00If anyone has a concern about SubVersion being sol...If anyone has a concern about SubVersion being solely a source control tool, they should definitely look at Trac which can be configured with very tight integration with SubVersion.<BR/><BR/>Trac and SubVersion work well as a combination source control and lightweight project management tool. Trac allows you to view source code changes together with work tickets and wiki updates. It also supports such features as auto closing of Trac work tickets from within the comments of a SubVersion commit when you have the correct scripts hooked up.<BR/><BR/>However, I will say that Trac is definitely a programmer's view of a project management system. TFS provides the more heavy duty project management required in a an enterprise.Liam Westleyhttp://geekswithblogs.net/twickersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15136575.post-23311491064521105772009-04-08T21:49:00.000+01:002009-04-08T21:49:00.000+01:00For my hobby projects, where I am using Visual Stu...For my hobby projects, where I am using Visual Studio Express (no plugins), I find Subversion works very well. Mainly because TortoiseSVN is such a good client.Trevor Powerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004501310130398775noreply@blogger.com