Comments on: Track Your Hacks with CVS http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:06:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ramk8928 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/comment-page-1/#comment-22358 ramk8928 Tue, 09 May 2006 10:19:23 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/#comment-22358 The issue cvs [tag aborted]: there is no version here; run 'cvs checkout' first is due to the the CVS directory not found in the available version eg., If you have checkedout a version of files from the repository a default "CVS" directory will be available which has the details of the repository hence for tagging the source this is required. If this directory is not present the above error may occur ram The issue

cvs [tag aborted]: there is no version here; run ‘cvs checkout’ first

is due to the the CVS directory not found in the available version

eg., If you have checkedout a version of files from the repository a default “CVS” directory will be available which has the details of the repository hence for tagging the source this is required. If this directory is not present the above error may occur

ram

]]> By: bkjones@gmail.com http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/comment-page-1/#comment-14168 bkjones@gmail.com Mon, 20 Feb 2006 14:32:48 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/#comment-14168 I'm not the world's greatest cvs hacker, but I'm confused, because it says in this article to set up a cvs server, then put this software into a repository, and then immediately tag the clean version, and make a branch, and *then* check out a working copy from the branch. Well, I'm running the standard cvs software on a linux box (all CLI), and it doesn't even let you tag anything until you've checked out a working copy. If I set up my repository, cd to the directory where my repository is, and run "cvs tag -b mybranch" it says: cvs tag: in directory .: cvs [tag aborted]: there is no version here; run 'cvs checkout' first Clues? I’m not the world’s greatest cvs hacker, but I’m confused, because it says in this article to set up a cvs server, then put this software into a repository, and then immediately tag the clean version, and make a branch, and *then* check out a working copy from the branch.

Well, I’m running the standard cvs software on a linux box (all CLI), and it doesn’t even let you tag anything until you’ve checked out a working copy. If I set up my repository, cd to the directory where my repository is, and run “cvs tag -b mybranch” it says:

cvs tag: in directory .:
cvs [tag aborted]: there is no version here; run ‘cvs checkout’ first

Clues?

]]> By: SitePoint Blogs » PHP / Web Application Integration http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/comment-page-1/#comment-13680 SitePoint Blogs » PHP / Web Application Integration Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:39:52 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/#comment-13680 [...] At the data: e.g. hack App Y’s signon logic to use App X’s “users” table. This often starts out looking like the easiest way to go but, in practice, may lead to having to re-write (or copy / paste) significant parts of App Y and means you need to track your hacks. Every time I’ve ever gone here, reached that point of “Would have been less work to write my own from scratch”. [...] [...] At the data: e.g. hack App Y’s signon logic to use App X’s “users” table. This often starts out looking like the easiest way to go but, in practice, may lead to having to re-write (or copy / paste) significant parts of App Y and means you need to track your hacks. Every time I’ve ever gone here, reached that point of “Would have been less work to write my own from scratch”. [...]

]]> By: veslach http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/comment-page-1/#comment-13073 veslach Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:38:53 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/#comment-13073 that's what's great about subversion, is that you can use an external repository & link 2 different projects to the same external "library". I've heard there are ways to do this with CVS, but I'm not sure how... if you have a CVS repository with both phpBB forum projects in it, then here is 1 way (not necessarily the best) to organize it (using trunk as in the article rather than the vendor branch) - core phpBB code would go in 'repos/trunk/phpBB' phpBB project 1 would go in 'repos/trunk/project1' phpBB project 2 would go in 'repos/trunk/project2' in order to apply vendor updates, you'd take a version diff of 'repos/trunk/phpBB' & apply it to both 'repos/trunk/project1' & 'repos/trunk/project2'. I'm not sure how to do this with CVS if you're maintaining a separate repository for each project. that’s what’s great about subversion, is that you can use an external repository & link 2 different projects to the same external “library”. I’ve heard there are ways to do this with CVS, but I’m not sure how…

if you have a CVS repository with both phpBB forum projects in it, then here is 1 way (not necessarily the best) to organize it (using trunk as in the article rather than the vendor branch) -

core phpBB code would go in ‘repos/trunk/phpBB’
phpBB project 1 would go in ‘repos/trunk/project1′
phpBB project 2 would go in ‘repos/trunk/project2′

in order to apply vendor updates, you’d take a version diff of ‘repos/trunk/phpBB’ & apply it to both ‘repos/trunk/project1′ & ‘repos/trunk/project2′.

I’m not sure how to do this with CVS if you’re maintaining a separate repository for each project.

]]> By: bramernic http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/comment-page-1/#comment-13052 bramernic Tue, 24 Jan 2006 00:03:36 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/#comment-13052 I currently maintain two phpBB forums. Can I maintain one main trunk with two different custom-mod branches where the files for one set of mods will never need merging with the files from the other? If it can then that would seem to save even more time. I currently maintain two phpBB forums. Can I maintain one main trunk with two different custom-mod branches where the files for one set of mods will never need merging with the files from the other? If it can then that would seem to save even more time.

]]> By: HarryF http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/comment-page-1/#comment-12941 HarryF Fri, 20 Jan 2006 12:24:12 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/#comment-12941 <blockquote> can that be done with SVN(on windows)? If yes then a pointer would be very much appreciated!! </blockquote> svn seems to be able to do the same thing as CVS - run a repository purely over filesystems. For Windows it's probably worth bearing in mind <a href="http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html#windows-drive-letter" rel="nofollow">this faq</a> for coping with drive letters, bearing in mind <a href="http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/ch03s07.html#svn-ch-3-sect-7.3" rel="nofollow">how to create a new repository</a>; <pre> svn import file:///d:/some/path/to/repos/on/d/drive </pre> That's all guessing though.

can that be done with SVN(on windows)? If yes then a pointer would be very much appreciated!!

svn seems to be able to do the same thing as CVS – run a repository purely over filesystems.

For Windows it’s probably worth bearing in mind this faq for coping with drive letters, bearing in mind how to create a new repository;

svn import file:///d:/some/path/to/repos/on/d/drive

That’s all guessing though.

]]> By: b.l.o.g. » Blog Archive » Manage your Hacks with Subversion http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/comment-page-1/#comment-12915 b.l.o.g. » Blog Archive » Manage your Hacks with Subversion Thu, 19 Jan 2006 20:42:58 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/#comment-12915 [...] Kevin Yanks describes in an article at SitePint how to use CVS to manage your own hacks you apply to OpenSource software you are using: SitePoint Blogs » Track Your Hacks with CVS [...] [...] Kevin Yanks describes in an article at SitePint how to use CVS to manage your own hacks you apply to OpenSource software you are using: SitePoint Blogs » Track Your Hacks with CVS [...]

]]> By: veslach http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/comment-page-1/#comment-12909 veslach Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:26:00 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/#comment-12909 The irony of it all... I spent a good portion of yesterday reading up on how to do vendor branches in subversion & then TechTimes & the SP rss feed appeared in my inbox last night for this article on CVS. Here's hoping that SP will include something similar for SVN. The irony of it all… I spent a good portion of yesterday reading up on how to do vendor branches in subversion & then TechTimes & the SP rss feed appeared in my inbox last night for this article on CVS.

Here’s hoping that SP will include something similar for SVN.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/comment-page-1/#comment-12907 Anonymous Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:20:23 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/#comment-12907 Tortoise SVN has OK windows gui support http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/ On OS X the gui is not so hot, so I just use terminal. Tortoise SVN has OK windows gui support
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

On OS X the gui is not so hot, so I just use terminal.

]]> By: » Blog Archive - » Track Your Hacks with CVS Alex Jones - No, not that Alex Jones… Really, I’m not the Alex Jones you think I am. http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/comment-page-1/#comment-12906 » Blog Archive - » Track Your Hacks with CVS Alex Jones - No, not that Alex Jones… Really, I’m not the Alex Jones you think I am. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 15:00:19 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2006/01/18/track-your-hacks-with-cvs/#comment-12906 [...] Track Your Hacks with CVS [...] [...] Track Your Hacks with CVS [...]

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