[Gllug] OT: Source control - backup

[Peter Childs]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Kristian Davies wrote:

> 
> Quick question, as I know some of you here are programmers.  
> 
> Say you checkout a file, it will take you about a week to finish coding, but
> in the mean time there are people checking the file out as well, making
> small changes and integrating again.
> 
> >From a backup point of view, how do you handle keeping the file safe until
> you check it back in...? ( I realise it's probably product specific but not
> being a programmer I haven't had much xp with them...) 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Kristian "Sorry for disclaimer" Davies
> 
	Generally I would say this is not product specific..... Just 
backup your home directory in the "normal" way. The only problem comes 
when you try to reintergrate the file and everything has changed. But 
thats a problem anyway....

Peter Childs 


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