Comments on: 5 Reasons for Putting Your Personal Code Into Subversion http://www.toniwestbrook.com/archives/144 Sharing Software Development Knowledge With You Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:51:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Toni http://www.toniwestbrook.com/archives/144#comment-50568 Toni Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:29:28 +0000 http://www.toniwestbrook.com/archives/144#comment-50568 First off: Chris is the man for many reasons - two of which include: being a damn good engineer, and a Ghostbusters fan. So you should also listen to him - he has a lot of svn experience. Definitely a good point about non-source files as well - I keep all my electronics related files in subversion (CAD designs, schematics, firmwares, FPGA synthesis resources, etc), and documentation as well. And actually, it would be neat to see more svn plugins for non-programming related apps out there. First off: Chris is the man for many reasons – two of which include: being a damn good engineer, and a Ghostbusters fan. So you should also listen to him – he has a lot of svn experience.

Definitely a good point about non-source files as well – I keep all my electronics related files in subversion (CAD designs, schematics, firmwares, FPGA synthesis resources, etc), and documentation as well. And actually, it would be neat to see more svn plugins for non-programming related apps out there.

]]> By: Chris http://www.toniwestbrook.com/archives/144#comment-50213 Chris Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:49:27 +0000 http://www.toniwestbrook.com/archives/144#comment-50213 Having worked worked with Toni, I can confirm that he has botched many programs. Of course I am kidding, but he makes a great point with subversion. I would like to add that it is also very useful when dealing with items other than source code. I am currently using it for OpenOffice files while writing a massive amount of documentation for Search Lucene API. Although I am the only person writing it, subversion allows me to easily work in multiple locations on different computers without accidentally overwriting my changes. I even have my girlfriend on subversion for her lesson plans, and it has saved her more than once in retrieving information that would have otherwise been lost and gone forever. SVN has an advanced binary comparison algorithm, so changes are stored efficiently inside the system. The bottom line is that Toni is a smart dude, so listen to him! Having worked worked with Toni, I can confirm that he has botched many programs. Of course I am kidding, but he makes a great point with subversion. I would like to add that it is also very useful when dealing with items other than source code. I am currently using it for OpenOffice files while writing a massive amount of documentation for Search Lucene API. Although I am the only person writing it, subversion allows me to easily work in multiple locations on different computers without accidentally overwriting my changes. I even have my girlfriend on subversion for her lesson plans, and it has saved her more than once in retrieving information that would have otherwise been lost and gone forever. SVN has an advanced binary comparison algorithm, so changes are stored efficiently inside the system. The bottom line is that Toni is a smart dude, so listen to him!

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