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Vivek Venugopalan

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Nov 25, 2001, 12:11:16 AM11/25/01
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Hello all
I have put together a collection of best practices while using CVS as
the SCM tool of choice. The URL is
http://www.geocities.com/vivekv/cvs-bestpractices/index-cvs-bestpractices.html.
I would like to hear your thoughts and comments on the same. Please
let me know at ( vivekv at users.sourceforge.net )

Thanks
Vivek

Kris Luyten

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Nov 25, 2001, 11:14:31 AM11/25/01
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In article <daa2f654.01112...@posting.google.com>, "Vivek

There are some usefull tips in it (certainly for me, as I am just a
newbie in CVS uasge).

Some remakrs after a quick look in your document:

The "Home" link does not work. I think you used docbook, maybe it is
usefull to generate a pdf or ps from the docbook sources. A more direct
link to the docbook sources would be usefull.

An example of the automation process (7.2) would be usefull. Also some
tips on "what you should not use CVS for" may be usefull.

Hope this was of some help,
Regards,
Kris
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Stephen Leake

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Nov 27, 2001, 10:29:01 AM11/27/01
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vive...@yahoo.com (Vivek Venugopalan) writes:

This is well written, and has good advice.

However, there are other branch policies that can be useful.

For example, the binutils gnu project does all development work on the
main branch, and only creates a branch for a release.

On my projects, I like to create a branch for each developer after
each release. Then each developer can check in stuff that may not yet
work, using CVS as a backup/revert tool (it's really good at that!).

Some people still insist on locking files, so only one developer can
edit at a time. It would be useful to have a solid discussion of why
that really doesn't work (or links to existing ones). I know there are
others available, but I don't have good links to them yet.

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Vivek Venugopalan

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Nov 30, 2001, 8:33:00 PM11/30/01
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vive...@yahoo.com (Vivek Venugopalan) wrote in message news:<daa2f654.01112...@posting.google.com>...

Hello All
Version 0.2 is online. I have incorporated the various suggestions
given to me by the readers. Please have a look at the new version

http://www.geocities.com/vivekv/cvs-bestpractices/index-cvs-bestpractices.html

thanks
Vivek

Vivek Venugopalan

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Dec 11, 2001, 10:56:24 PM12/11/01
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Hello All
Version 0.3 is online. I have incorporated the various suggestions
given to me by the readers. Please send your comments on the new version to
vivek at magic-cauldron.com

http://www.geocities.com/vivekv/cvs-bestpractices/index-cvs-bestpractices.html

thanks
Vivek

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