Source control and Continuous Integration

Published Tuesday, April 12, 2005 7:50 PM

I have finally got around to installing SubVersion source control system and also installing CruiseControl.NET for continuous integration. I definitely like SubVersion but being a long time VSS user, it does take a little time to get the hang of. What I will say is that without the graphical tools that are TortoiseSVN (for windows explorer/shell integration) and AnkhSVN (VS.NET integration), then I would have ditched it very early. I am a lazy beast, and without the GUI add-ons, I don't think I would have had the time and patience to learn all the commands that go with administering it.

At any rate, it looks very cool, and CruiseControl.NET is a great product, if continuous integration is your thing. I know some people have thought it not a good idea, as it means development conditions ad/or practices have gone bad, but in large orgs, and even in small teams, things can easily go bad, so its great to know that such a tool is available, and whats more, its free. Kudos to ThoughtWorks for releasing it.

As a side note, Garret Smith did an excellent presetation at the Sydney Deep .Net user group on CruiseControl.NET. Thanks Garret.

by Glav

Comments

# Dag H. Baardsen said on Tuesday, April 12, 2005 9:32 AM

I guess there are a few bugs in Ankhsvn - if you try to rename a file from within the Solution Explorer - the file seem to disappear. The same at your side?

# Paul Glavich said on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:37 AM

I haven't seen that issue yet, but to be honest, I haven't used the VS.NET integration very much. I installed Subversion, and both the GUI tools (Tortoise and AnkhSVN) but only verified that AnkhSVN works with VS.NET 2003. I am currently doing a lot of work in VS.NET 2005 in which the AnkhSVN add-on does not work, so I have mostly been using source control via the Windows explorer shell.

# TrackBack said on Monday, April 18, 2005 12:11 PM
# TrackBack said on Monday, April 18, 2005 12:12 PM
# Dag H. Baardsen said on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 2:39 AM

Yeah, guess we have to stick with Hatteras until further notice :-) Should be good enough, though - with Beta 2 out

# Catherine said on Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:24 AM

You may try SCM Anywhere. It is a SQL Server-based software configuration management (SCM) tool with fully integrated version control, bug tracking and build automation.

www.scmsoftwareconfigurationmanagement.com

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