On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:17 PM, dd-b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 3, 5:00 pm, "Brian Mathis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 5:24 PM, dd-b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > For me, source control doesn't address the same problem. I'm using >> > source control on my puppet files collection, but I periodically need >> > access to old versions intermediate between when I have now and what I >> > last committed. Except for Sun's old (and otherwise disastrous) NSE >> > and a small-company product called DRTS that I don't think exists any >> > more either, I haven't run into a version-control system that handles >> > that case decently. >> >> It sounds like you need to be committing more often. There should >> never be a time when you have a config that you find useful (ie: >> something that you are satisfied is working) that is not committed. >> If you find that you need revisions that are "in between" two commits, >> then you didn't commit often enough. > > Sometimes I need access to versions more recent than the last commit > during periods when the code wasn't even compiling cleanly (never mind > "working") -- clearly such code should *not* be checked in to the > public repository! (The thing with NSE and DRTS was that you had a > private repository as well as one or more layers of public ones, so I > could check into my private one as often as you (and I) think is > useful without exposing my intermediate states to the world. I've > since my previous post seen that GIT, which is actually current and > even relevant to Puppet, may also support that working style.) > > Also, I have to make a conscious decision to commit, and it's easier > to just version the saves than to do manual commits and make up > comments and so forth that frequently.
Although it looks like we aren't going to be able to convince you, I will add to the argument. I was a heavy user of backup files until I started using an SCM. Then I still used backup files and made the same complaints. Then some people who were smarter/more experienced than me suggested I was using the SCM incorrectly, so I tried it their way for awhile. I've never looked back. Seriously. Try it. --Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
