Software Source Control Versioning

[SimonMac]

After a bit of help from our learned developers, does anyone have any resources that show's the benefits of source code version labeling, either power point presentation or white papers etc?!

I am trying to work with a load of developers that don't quite understand the concept, and I am hoping pretty pictures and small words might make it easier for them to understand.

 

[minestrone]

I worked for a place who used a directory on a shared drive for their flagship source code. It was as free for all with over writes. "where has my changes gone" had to be explained on a weekly basis to supposedly trained developers.

If you do get them on source control you have to tell them for months "some changes" is not a valid checkin description.

Working in IT seems to be dealing with idiots mostly.

 

[FiveTimes]

If you do get them on source control you have to tell them for months "some changes" is not a valid checkin description.

That's better than "stuff"

I've worked in a shared folder env and it was a nightmare. One of the easiest was RCS, but its a little old now.
SVN works and is easy for them to understand if they install tortoisesvn
I'd avoid clear case at all costs !

 

[AtW]

Working in IT seems to be dealing with idiots mostly.

That's like spending a day in CUK General?

 

[Cliphead]

That's better than "stuff"

I've worked in a shared folder env and it was a nightmare. One of the easiest was RCS, but its a little old now.
SVN works and is easy for them to understand if they install tortoisesvn
I'd avoid clear case at all costs !

+1 for tortoisesvn

 

[d000hg]

Only a bit here but other useful stuff too: The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code - Joel on Software

Wiki has a chunk of detail but maybe not too good for intro: Revision control - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

However when I googled "why should i use version control" the top few looked nice like:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1408450/why-should-i-use-version-control

 

[VectraMan]

Speaking as a developer I can tell you there's nothing I appreciate more than having a numptie manager with no technical ability or understanding using Powerpoint to explain to me how I should do my job.

But yes, subversion is free and pretty easy. I've also worked in a shared folder environment, but that was 1993-1995.

 

[SimonMac]

The thing is they are using TFS, but just don't know how to use it properly

 

[russell]

Git or you are a retard.

 

[d000hg]

Git's main purpose is showing off how modern and cool and FOSS-aware you are.