Git is a distributed version control system so it allows you to create branches locally and commit against them. It also supports a more centralized repository model. When using a centralized repository you can push changes to it so that others can pull them more easily. I have a tendency ...

In a previous post, I wrote a review of Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion which covers effectively using version control systems on software development projects. This entry covers another book by the Pragmatic Programmers in their Pragmatic Starter Series. Pragmatic Project Automation: How to Build, Deploy, and Monitor Java Apps Pragmatic Project ...

When I was in grade school I had to do a biographical book review every year. Probably 5 years, from 2nd grade to 7th grade we would be required to do book reviews and inevitably we'd have to do a biography. We'll, I hated biographies, so every year I would ...

With the recent release of Subversion 1.4 I'm going through the process of updating repositories. I often like to use multiple repositories because Subversion versions the entire repository with each checkin (Atomic commits rule!). When I do that, I group all of the repositories in the same directory. It makes ...