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Management of library code in CVS


From: Doug Lee
Subject: Management of library code in CVS
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:22:33 -0400
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I have source code files that get used in several different projects
(the language does not permit the equivalent of compiled .lib files
very easily).  It is not common for a project to require a custom-made
version of such a file, but it is common for such a file to get
updated within a project and then later brought back to a central
location for distribution to other projects.

I originally thought of using hard or symbolic links in the CVS
repository to simplify this problem, but I'm finding there are many
dangers to this--unnoticed accidental link breakage, a rogue update
breaking things on a company-wide scale, and of course, the joys of a
project-specific branch finding its way into a central file.  Multiply
this last issue a few times, and you have the potential for one truly
crazy development tree for a library file!

So I'm now inclined to believe that this problem is not better
solved by anything other than having multiple copies of each shared
file.  In this plan, I would have to check occasionally for differences
among the HEAD revisions of each copy of each file to find updates,
then individually commit those updates to each project.  Of course,
in branched projects on which development continues along branches,
this compounds to include those branches.

Is there a better way?  I doubt it, but it seems there's no harm in
asking.


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Doug Lee           address@hidden        http://www.dlee.org
Bartimaeus Group   address@hidden   http://www.bartsite.com
"Sometimes I think my learning curve is a circle." -- David Andrews




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