Re: Long version numbers | Tedious to keep track

[Todd Denniston]

"Jim.Hyslop" wrote:
> 
> Swaroop George wrote:
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> >
> > - Is there anyway of alternate versioning and making it much more
> > simple, but still maintaining the history to an extent.
> I'm almost certain your branching and versioning strategy can be simplified.
> It's been my experience that when people create such a complex branch
> structure sit down and analyze what they really need (along with an expert
> who truly understands branching) the branch and merge process becomes _much_
> simpler.
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Along those lines you (or your to be branching expert) should probably take
a look at Brad Appleton's "Assembling Configuration Management Environments"
pages[1] (and books). He has a section specifically on branching techniques
and reasoning[2], which I have found useful in the past.  I thought I had
seen some user feed back in some sections where individuals noted how they
had used the pattern under various version control tools, and how it worked
for them.


[1] http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/acme/
[2] http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/acme/#Branching
http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/acme/branching/
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Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) 
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter