Version Control

[Joe46]

I started a new job a couple of months ago and have been dismayed with the lack of any type of safe handling they have for their code. I tried to push them toward SourceSafe in order to have something to fall back on in case something goes wrong with the file they are working on, but they do not want to use SourceSafe.

What do you guys use to protect your code and keep control of the version?

Thanks,

Joe46

 

[zarkon4]

Every place I've worked at uses SourceSafe.

 

[chiph]

SourceSafe is OK for about 4-8 developers. It has problems with larger teams (it can corrupt it's repository -- which is why it's known colloquially as Source-Sorta-Safe). At that point you need to be thinking about products like StarTeam, SourceVault, CVS (not especially easy to use with VB), or Perforce.

I'm afraid you'll need to convince a manager of the need for source control. It's not something you can dictate to them, especially if you're new there. Do a risk analysis -- losing the 10 most critical pieces of code will cost you 'x' number of man-hours.

Chip H.


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[Joe46]

Thanks for the other products chiph. My manager does see the need for some kind of control so when I said I was trying to push them that way it was really just a suggestion that we use SourceSafe.

Thanks again and I will check the other ones out.

Joe46