Re: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Ben Reser
On 9/23/13 1:04 PM, C M wrote: > But coming back to my original question: Are there any potential gotchas with > using a single/shared branch? For now, that's the only change the team (and > leadership) is looking to as the "solution". In my opinion there isn't a single answer to this question.

RE: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Andrew Reedick
> From: C M [mailto:cmanalys...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 4:05 PM > To: Les Mikesell > Cc: Bob Archer; Subversion > Subject: Re: Shared branch vs single branch > > Unfortunately, we are lacking on processes and there's a definite lack of > pro

Re: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Edwin Castro
On 9/23/13 1:45 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> "Trunk is dirty" won't save you from bad merges, it'll just make more >> > conflicts in your working copy as you do updates - something that drove a >> > colleague of mine nuts so I started working in my own branch for that >> > project. You also have to m

Re: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Edwin Castro
On 9/23/13 1:15 PM, BRM wrote: > "Trunk is dirty" won't save you from bad merges, it'll just make more > conflicts in your working copy as you do updates - something that > drove a colleague of mine nuts so I started working in my own branch > for that project. You also have to more frequently be d

Re: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Edwin Castro
On 9/23/13 1:04 PM, C M wrote: > The idea of turning over merging to them seems to be a recipe for > disaster. IMHO, merges should be performed by the individual who is most knowledgeable of the code being merged. When conflicts occur, and they WILL occur, the individual performing the merge will

Re: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 3:15 PM, BRM wrote: > If by "single/shared" branch you mean everyone working out of the same > place...then yes - you'll trip over each other from time to time. Conflicts are going to happen. The question is more about the timing - and how your team works (or fights...) t

RE: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Bob Archer
> What are some of the pros/cons of using a single/shared branch versus the > private developer branch? > We are having an internal debate within the team where the idea of a > single/shared branch was proposed in reaction to two specific issues: > 1. In the merge to trunk from individual develope

Re: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread BRM
_ From: C M To: Les Mikesell Cc: Bob Archer ; Subversion Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 4:04 PM Subject: Re: Shared branch vs single branch Unfortunately, we are lacking on processes and there's a definite lack of product management. But coming back to  my

Re: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:35 PM, Bob Archer wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Bob Archer wrote: >> >> It really depends. I think all work for a specific release should be done >> >> in a >> single branch/folder. Many people follow the stable trunk model. In this >> model >> you general

Re: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread C M
Unfortunately, we are lacking on processes and there's a definite lack of product management. But coming back to my original question: Are there any potential gotchas with using a single/shared branch? For now, that's the only change the team (and leadership) is looking to as the "solution". Our

RE: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Bob Archer
> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Bob Archer wrote: > >> It really depends. I think all work for a specific release should be done > >> in a > single branch/folder. Many people follow the stable trunk model. In this model > you generally do all work on trunk and then branch for a release. This i

Re: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Bob Archer wrote: >> It really depends. I think all work for a specific release should be done in >> a single branch/folder. Many people follow the stable trunk model. In this >> model you generally do all work on trunk and then branch for a release. This >> is

Re: Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread Branko Čibej
On 23.09.2013 19:44, C M wrote: > What are some of the pros/cons of using a single/shared branch versus > the private developer branch? > > We are having an internal debate within the team where the idea of a > single/shared branch was proposed in reaction to two specific issues: > > 1. In the merg

Shared branch vs single branch

2013-09-23 Thread C M
What are some of the pros/cons of using a single/shared branch versus the private developer branch? We are having an internal debate within the team where the idea of a single/shared branch was proposed in reaction to two specific issues: 1. In the merge to trunk from individual developer branche