On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 14:16, fmdano <fmd...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all, > right now I am thinking about using a post-commit hook script to > update my dev server when a developer checks in changes. > I want to know how the test server could be updated from svn after > some testing has been done and a tag of a release has been created? > Would the best way to update the test server from a tag be to export > the tag into the existing test server folder and over write the code > in there, and hot have the test server be a checked out copy, or can > you use a tag to update the test server if it is a checked out working > copy? > > any ideas about how to do this would be greatly appreciated.
Usually this is done via a Continuous Integration server like CruiseControl, Jenkins, TeamCity, etc. They'll check out your code, run whatever build scripts & tests you define, deploy (if you have a script/command for it to run), and create a tag (usually you only do this on success). You can also configure them to send email/RSS/twitter/SMS/whatever notifications on various events, and usually get a web dashboard to monitor the status of your environment.
