... Brad has said this many times in a variety of fora. I wonder what a good way to get this point across consistently and more widely... I guess it may be one...
... Taking a step up from what Brad said... the basic idea is that you should understand why you are branching and why a branch is perceived as a good...
Could someone please define "temporal variation"? Or, could someone tell me if that's what we're doing? Here's a description: We use branches to represent...
Temporal is just a fancy word for time. Your model looks just fine (in my humble opinion). In explanation, your production and release candidate branches are...
This should be stated in the VC manuals in the chapter where they introduce branching. Its such an important concept. I think the problem is that this stuff is...
All, I'd like to start a new thread on the historical misconceptions of branching sources and the recent advancements to make branching, and merging, more...
... Although I agree with the spirit of what I think Brad is aiming at, his statement about what branches are "for" isn't precisely right. What branches are...
... Unlike the "Streamed Lines" paper, the book does not emphasize or focus primarily upon branching. Branching can be a very touchy, and very religious...
... Good point. This is great feedback! We address this explicitly in the early chapters of the book, and one of the key ideas that we have in the background...
... I think Brooke Wallace described what I meant fairly well. When I say "temporal versus functional variation" I'm talking about the functionality of the...
... I.e., to work on a past version and a later version--two different versions--in parallel with each other ;) ... But you can legitimately add different...
Can anyone point me some good site/reference/anything to get good ideas for Master Thesis on SCM area? I'm working on a partnership program between a company...
hello al, i came across the scm-patterns group while searching for info on repository management techniques. i'm the repository manager of the xaraya group...
Hi, I'm a developer currently based in Brazil and I'm having to cope with MS Source Safe after having used ClearCase all my professional life. As you can...
Hi Luis, I'm also from Brazil, Recife-PE to be precise. I'm no expert on SCM tools, but i can assure you subversion has some nice, easy to use, clients. (Look...
I thought folks on this list might be interested in this excerpt from something I posted to the XP mailing list last week. The subject was about whether one...
I am looking for additional resources to aid me in my IT projects. We must beging to transfer the knowledge so we can avoid the failures of the past. 60%...
Some of you may recall me posting a query on this topic last month. For those who are interested, much of the information learned appears in the "Agile SCM"...
Hi, I am part of the SEPG of a small software development company. I don't have much exposure to standard SCM practices, especially ones used by high maturity...
Have you looked at the SCM Patterns boook ? ;) also, the "community" and 'related books' sections of www.scmpatterns.com should have some useful pointers. (If...
About 7 years ago, I began my SCM(source code change system administrator) career. I came across SCM pattern group, and found this is a new concept, so I would...
I'm curious about general opinions on file locking, vs. branching, and otherwise. I have read the SCM patterns book, and it seems like there was some mention...
... Hi Shayne! Do you mean versus branching specifically, or versus concurrent editing (with or without branching)? Is it just a matter of optimistic versus...
... Hi Jack! Thanks for introducing yourself. Tell us about some "patterns" of SCM that you have come across in your own experiences over the past 7 years....
Hi Brad, ... What I have in mind is file locking and no automatic merge vs. freely editing and automatic merge, whether it involves branching or not. ... Yes,...
... Actually - I think that with XML becoming more and more omnipresent we will see more and more such modeling tools have a way of storing their data (and...
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