[thelist] CVS/SCM System for Webdevelopment

Burhan Khalid thelist at meidomus.com
Wed Jun 2 08:19:48 CDT 2004


Hello Everyone:

   I'm trying to find a CVS-like SCM (Software Configuration Management) 
system that is geared towards webdevelopment (or one that I could easily 
modify for web development).

   The part that I'm really after is the ability to build websites from 
a source tree.  Sources would be .php, .jsp, .js, etc. files, and a 
command would (a) grab the latest branch/version of these files (b) 
automatically create a directory under a web root and finally (c) 
"build" if necessary -- what I mean by that is change paths, references, 
and so on so that the website is browsable.

   It would be a great plus if the system was able to handle other 
non-web related files, and had friendly front-ends for both Linux and 
Windows systems.

   So far I've run into Subversion[1] and am looking at Ant[2]. Any 
recommendations would be gracious since I'm really not well versed in 
this area.

   Some background if helpful:

    I've been put in charge of gathering a team of off-shore developers 
and designers to collaborate on projects.  I have found a few people, 
but before I begin any projects -- I would like to implement a system 
where everyone updates a central code repository, and we are able to 
generate a "latest beta" version for clients or for testing.  I have at 
my disposal a linux server that I am planning to use for this.

I look forward to your opinions,
--
Burhan

[1] http://subversion.tigris.org/
[2] http://ant.apache.org/


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