Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion - Softcover

Mike Mason

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974514063 ISBN 13: 9780974514062

Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf, 2005

Synopsis

This book covers the theory behind version control and how it can help developers become more efficient, work better as a team, and keep on top of software complexity. All projects need version control: it's the lifeblood of any project's infrastructure, yet half of all project teams in the U.S. don't use any version control at all. Many others don't use it well and end up experiencing time-consuming problems.

Version control, done well, is your "undo" button for the project: nothing is final, and mistakes are easily rolled back. This book describes Subversion, the latest and hottest open source version control system, using a recipe-based approach that will get you up and running quickly--and correctly.

Learn how to use Subversion the right way--the pragmatic way.

With this book, you can:

• Keep all project assets safe--not just source code--and never run the risk of losing a great idea
• Know how to undo bad decisions--even directories and symlinks are versioned
• Learn how to share code safely, and work in parallel for maximum efficiency
• Install Subversion and organize, administer and backup your repository
• Share code over a network with Apache, svnserve, or ssh
• Create and manage releases, code branches, merges and bug fixes
• Manage 3rd party code safely

Now there's no excuse not to use professional-grade version control.

About this title

About the Author

Mike Mason is an Agile Architect with ThoughtWorks where he builds mission critical systems for Fortune 500 clients. Mike has been using Subversion for more than eight years and he has watched it evolve from an excellent-but-niche tool to being an enterprise standard in version control. Mike is the author of Pragmatic Version Control using Subversion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974514063
• ISBN 13: 9780974514062
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224