Re: Project upload: sync with server?

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Niko Sams <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 23:33, Michael Friendly <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I'm just getting started with Quanta and am trying to figure how to
> > manage my workflow in uploading recently modified files from my local
> > project to those on my remote server.
> >
> > In the past, I used rsync in shell scripts to be assured that (a) only
> > local files newer than those on the server would be uploaded (b) I could
> > exclude certain local files and folders (*~, *.bak, Private/, Test/,
> > ...) from the sync/upload process.
> >
> > In the Quanta Upload Project Files dialog, I see that once uploaded,
> > local files and folders are no longer automatically selected, but I'm
> > not clear on whether this is based only on Quanta's record of what I
> > uploaded and when, or if it is based on comparing timestamps and
> > file contents as rsync does.
> it just records what you uploaded.
>
> >
> > e.g., if I have a developer doing some work for me on one branch of the
> > project tree, I want to make sure that my upload from Quanta doesn't
> > clobber his work.  Similarly, I'm not sure what would happen if I upload
> > a modified file with some application other than Quanta.
> >
> > I know I can mark selected files as uploaded, but I need to understand
> > how Quanta works in the scenario I described.
> Quanta uploader can't help you there. If it is possible for you to use
> rsync
> I would stick to rsync.
>
> Personally I use svn (online a workingcopy that you just need to update)
> and
> that's the best option - if it'ts possible to use it.
>

Distributed version control software like mercurial[1] can work as both
source control for development and a deployment mechanism for staging and
production.


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