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Foundation Version Control for Web Developers

by Chris Kemper, Ian Oxley

March 2012

Beginner to intermediate

416 pages

12h 45m

English

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Who this book is forHow this book is structuredWhat will I need?Contacting Chris Kemper
Microsoft WindowsMacUbuntuSummary

What is version control? The earlier version control solutionsSummary
The differences between then and nowAn introduction to the lead players: SVN, Git, and MercurialWhere to install and usr/localCompiling softwareThe process of SVN and setting it upHow Mercurial does the job and getting it set upHow Git is a little bit differentSummary
Having a backup of your filesCollaborative projectsThe ability to work on different machinesA full history of changesCommentsGiving clients confidence in youWorking on projects and filesBridgingSummary
SVNMercurialGitSummary
Why version control isn't the solution for some filesVisual versioningDocument managementSummary
Windows editorsMac editorsCross platformNetBeansSublime Text 2Summary
Manual conflict managementGUIsSummary
SVNMercurialGit
Setting up the serverDomain names and DNS recordsA few good hosting providersSVNMercurialGitSummary
BeanstalkSpringloopsUnfuddleGoogle Project HostingAssemblaXP-DevCodesionBitBucketCodebaseHQGitHubI'm still not feeling these services, what else is available?Summary
What is a branch?When can I use branches?How do I create a branch?A worked exampleSummary
SVN HooksGit HooksMercurial HooksEnabling HooksHooks in actionSummary
CVSSVNSummary
SVNMercurialGit

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Introduction

Since you happen to be reading through the opening pages of Foundation Version Control for Web Developers then it's safe to say you have some interest in finding out a little bit more about version control. It may be true that this new interest isn't actually your own, but instead comes from a friend, colleague, or employer who thinks getting a bit more knowledge on the subject would be beneficial to you. Either way, throughout the course of this book you'll be walked through the basics of version control using Subversion (SVN), Mercurial, and Git, getting to know each of them a little better as the chapters go on. I'll cover setting up a development environment first, just in case you're really new to the development scene, then ...