Subversion (and CVS) create .svn/.cvs folders inside every folder in your hierarchy. I'd recommend a different version control system that creates one dot folder at the top of your hierarchy like Git or Mercurial.
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Alexander Hartner <a...@j2anywhere.com>wrote: > For some time now I have been struggling with interface builder's NIB files > and subversion. Every time I localise the .svn folder seem to be removed or > get broken in other ways. I had a look online and found the suggestion > below. Since this link is a little dated I am wondering if there are other > solutions available. RTFD and pages files are also suffering similar issues > as NIB files. As it stands now subversion does not work for me at all. > > If not subversion what other collaborative development tools do you suggest > / use ? > > http://jerakeen.org/code/subversion_and_interface_builder/ > > The .svn folder vanishes (Working copy 'MainMenu.nib' not locked) > It turns out that whenever you save a folder, IB will move the existing > .nib file out the way, and create a new one, instead of changing the files > in the folder. It'll keep the old version as a backup, if you have 'create > backup files' turned on, or throw it away if not, but the crucial problem is > that the newly-created folder doesn't have a .svn folder in it, and so > subversion will get confused. > > Fortunately, there was this same problem with CVS, and so there's a > (panther-only, apparently) fix for it - we tell XCode/IB that .svn files are > also version control files, and should be special. > > $ defaults write com.apple.InterfaceBuilder \ > VersionControlDirectory "(CVS, .svn)" > Now IB knows that it must keep the .svn folder from the old copy of the > nib, and put it in the new copy as well. > > I hate computers. But these two fixes have solved my immediate problem. > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/jsallis%40gmail.com > > This email sent to jsal...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
