# Revision control plan **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 26, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-control-plan/90231 "2007-03-26T22:47:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johanatan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-control-plan/90231/1 "2007-03-26T22:47:37Z")
Hi, I want to start using svn for my projects. I’m a one person company. I want to use it for revision control, archiving/backup, as well as deployment (eventually). And from time to time, I work with subcontractors or collaborate with others. For starters, would you just check in the whole rails generated directory (including any plugins, tmp files etc) or do you cherry pick the directories to check in? The latter makes more sense but seems a pita and error prone (forgetting to commit some files). I figure initially I’ll just use a repository on my localhost. Soon enough, I expect to move it to my internet server. On the other hand, Google Code looks pretty promising. http:// [code.google.com/](http://code.google.com/) It uses subversion too. Also, I’m on Mac OSX, and see there are some GUI’s for svn, which maybe i could use with the local repro, an internet repro, and/or google code. Anyone here have experience with these? [www.lachoseinteractive.net/](http://www.lachoseinteractive.net/) , [zigversion.com](http://zigversion.com) Any other suggestions for strategy and implementation would be helpful. thx linoj ---
**Author:** ![johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johanatan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-control-plan/90231/2 "2007-03-26T22:51:39Z")
Jonathan L. wrote: > seems a pita and error prone (forgetting to commit some files). > [www.lachoseinteractive.net/](http://www.lachoseinteractive.net/) , [zigversion.com](http://zigversion.com) > > Any other suggestions for strategy and implementation would be helpful. > > thx > > linoj [http://blog.teksol.info/articles/2006/03/09/subversion-primer-for-rails-projects](http://blog.teksol.info/articles/2006/03/09/subversion-primer-for-rails-projects) – Michael W. ---
**Author:** ![johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johanatan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-control-plan/90231/3 "2007-03-27T02:38:27Z")
OMG! That’s what I was afraid of 🙂 Thanks for that. I was relieved to see the author includes a shell script at the end. I’ll go through it wonder how much might have changed in 12 months. Any comments on using Google Code for a repro? ---
**Author:** ![johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johanatan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-control-plan/90231/4 "2007-03-27T03:51:33Z")
that’s [http://code.google.com/hosting/](http://code.google.com/hosting/) I’m referring to ---
**Author:** ![johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johanatan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-control-plan/90231/5 "2007-03-28T18:03:35Z")
I’m setup now. Here’s a post [http://www.vaporbase.com/postings/Using\_Subversion\_and\_Rails](http://www.vaporbase.com/postings/Using_Subversion_and_Rails) ---
**Author:** ![johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johanatan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-control-plan/90231/6 "2007-03-28T19:40:01Z")
> Also, I’m on Mac OSX, and see there are some GUI’s for svn, which > maybe i could use with the local repro, an internet repro, and/or > google code. Anyone here have experience with these? > [www.lachoseinteractive.net/](http://www.lachoseinteractive.net/) , [zigversion.com](http://zigversion.com) I am a big fan of Textmates [[http://macromates.com/](http://macromates.com/) ] Subversion GUI. It is almost as good as Tortoise ;). Also, i like my version control system integrated in my working environment. It has a small drawback: if you do not use Textmate, its not an option. ---
**Author:** ![johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johanatan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-control-plan/90231/7 "2007-03-29T00:26:46Z")
Thanks for that. Are you referring to the textmate bundle? It does look handy on a file by file basis. But I wouldnt call it a GUI, more like a “menu”, i mean i couldn’t find a way to see at a glance which files have changed or need to be added, like ZigVersion and svnX. ---
**Author:** ![johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@johanatan](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/johanatan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/revision-control-plan/90231/8 "2007-03-29T17:43:01Z")
linoj wrote: > Thanks for that. Are you referring to the textmate bundle? It does > look handy on a file by file basis. But I wouldnt call it a GUI, more > like a “menu”, i mean i couldn’t find a way to see at a glance which > files have changed or need to be added, like ZigVersion and svnX. Use Projects, select a Folder and use Subversion -\> Status. Trust me, it is more than a menu ;). It doesn’t handle switch/branch (yet?), but I usually use the console for such tasks.