"Chris Angelico" <ros...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:captjjmqhxh2m3-qgbelv_akgajzmeymbudly8_dkpnhrpsu...@mail.gmail.com... > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Frank Millman <fr...@chagford.com> wrote: >> Two quick questions - >> >> 1. At present the source code is kept on one machine (A), but only >> accessed >> from the two other machines (B and C). >> >> Does it make sense to create the central repository on A, but *not* >> install >> the SCM on A? Install separate copies of the SCM on B and C, and allow >> them >> both to set up their own clones. I only develop on B, so only B would >> 'push', but both B and C would 'pull' to get the latest version. > > I don't know about Mercurial, but with git, installing the software on > A lets it work more efficiently (otherwise it has to do all the work > remotely, ergo unnecessary traffic). Advantage of free software is > that you don't have to check license agreements - just go ahead, > install it everywhere. But if for some reason that would be a problem, > you can look into running it over basic SSH or something. >
Excuse my ignorance, but how does it actually work? Do you set up some kind of client/server relationship, and if so, how do the clients (machines B and C) access the software on machine A? I know that Mercurial can run its own web server, and clients can access it through http. It that what you are suggesting? That would be quite a change for me, as on my linux box I do all my work from the command line on a console. These are the kind of stumbling blocks that prevented me from succeeding in my previous attempt. I have a vague recollection that I set it up on machine A, but then hit a problem because machines B and C both accessed the same directory, but with different names - on Windows, a mapped drive and on linux a mounted nfs directory. I had to provide a 'path' name to set up Mercurial in the first place, but I could not find one that suited both clients. I feel that I have just not grasped the basics yet, so any assistance that puts me on the right path is appreciated. Frank -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
