[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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