ColdFusion Version Control with Subversion

Posted By: Cameron Childress | September 20, 2005 9:26PM
Related Categories: SVN · Version Control

Last week I gave a presentation to the San Diego ColdFusion User Group on integrating subversion into a ColdFusion development environment. The powerpoint can be found on the SDCFUG site (link no longer valid), or can be downloaded directly from here. Here's an outline of the presentation:

Why Version Control
How Version Control Works
Development Models w/Version Control
Subversion vs. VSS
Subversion vs. CVS
Where to Get Subversion
Server Setup – Install
Server Setup – User Accounts
Server Setup – New SVN Repository
Server Setup – Repository Structure
Server Setup – Import Application
Client Setup – Subclipse Plugin
Client Setup – TortoiseSVN
Howto – Checkout
Howto – Checkin
Howto – Add/Delete Files
Howto – Resolve Conflicts
Advanced – Automating Export Script
Advanced – Branching
Advanced – Merging
Advanced – Patches
Resources

I plan on covering some of the subjects in greater detail with future blog posts. Edited 3/22/2009: Updated link to presentation zip.

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Hi Cameron,

I've got a meeting tomorrow (talk about timely!) where we'll be discussing a new, good-sized CF dev environment. Mind if I use any of these materials there?

-Joe

Thanks Cameron--we're about to change from Visual Source Safe to Subversion at my company (at my behest) so this will serve as great material for getting my team up to speed on it.

Joe - go for it. I don't mind at all. I'd actually like to expand the PPT a bit and add some notes to it, but who knows if I will ever get around to it...

"Never use the Berkley database, always specify file system db using --fs-type flag"

Why do you recommend using the file system? It was probably explained in the talk, but there's no detail on this subject in the powerpoint.

The comparison table halfway down the following page should explain it all:

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch05.html

File based is superior in virtually every way, most notably the item marked "Sensitivity to interruptions" says about BDB: "very; crashes and permission problems can leave the database 'wedged', requiring journaled recovery procedures."

Neither of these links work anymore :(

Do you have a new link to the powerpoint?

Looks like the old SDCFUG site's gone entirely. I'll have to check and see if I still have the PPT, I think I do, but not with me right now. More later...

-Cameron

Just updated the link to point to a local copy of the preso - it should work now.

Hello Cameron,
At the company I work for, they decided to use Subversion for our ColdFusion team. I'm trying to come up with a plan for setting this up for us. I am trying to get a feel for how other ColdFusion shops did it.

I tried to download the link, but I got the error: page could not be found "http://www.sumoc.com/downloads/files/CFSubversion.zip";

Could you please re-post the powerpoint?

Thanks in advance

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