Project builder and source code control.

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2 total messages Started by Guy Roberts Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:31

#2091

Author: Guy Roberts
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 16:31

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Two of us here are using the same Project Builder directory.
Now that nib files are directories, how are other developers
managing to stop people changing the same nib at the same 
time and overwriting changes ? If the project was all made 
up of flat files this would be possible with SCCS. 

I have not so far seen much about source code control in
the NeXT documentation. Is the idea that each developer
sticks to a discrete sub project ?

Any ideas ?


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Re: Project builder and source code control.

#2117

Author: Michael Gobbi
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:32

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In article <1992Dec16.163137.5670@infotec.ch> guy@infotec.ch (Guy Roberts)  
writes:
> Two of us here are using the same Project Builder directory.
> Now that nib files are directories, how are other developers
> managing to stop people changing the same nib at the same 
> time and overwriting changes ? If the project was all made 
> up of flat files this would be possible with SCCS. 
> 
> I have not so far seen much about source code control in
> the NeXT documentation. Is the idea that each developer
> sticks to a discrete sub project ?
> 
> Any ideas ?
> 

The simplest solution that I can think of is to create a project account.   
People can copy out code and work on it within their own accounts, but  
must log in as the "project user" to copy the stuff back and remake the  
project.

Another (dangerous) solution is to make ProjectBuilder and  
InterfaceBuilder into setuid programs.

Both of these are workarounds to the real problem -- the fact that  
regardless of permissions, project builder refuses to modify certain files  
unless you are the owner.  With any luck it will be solved in 3.1.

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