Re: [SL] System for updating user copies of sql-ledger and retaining user fiddles

[Bob G. <bo...@rc...>]

This is more on the subject of Subversion and sql-ledger

Attached is a script for doing sql-ledger version upgrades and keeping
all the files (with your own tweeks too) under version control.

The script follows the block diagram below:

#  /usr/local/sql-ledger          svnrepos (directories below within
repos)
#  ---------------------          ---------------------------------
#      (STEP1)            import
#  vendor v 2.8.5       ->->->->-> /vendor/sql-ledger/current
#
#                            <-<-< /vendor/sql-ledger/current
#                            v
#      (STEP2)          copy | tag
#                            v
#                            >->-> /vendor/sql-ledger/sql-ledger-2.8.5
#
#                            <-<-< /vendor/sql-ledger/sql-ledger-2.8.5
#                            v
#      (STEP3)          copy | to main
#                            v
#                            >->-> /sql-ledger/
#      (STEP4)
#      rm -rf
#                            <-<-< /sql-ledger/
#                        checkout
# /usr/local/sql-ledger  <-<-|
#         |
#         V
# -------------------
# | external update |  (STEP5)
# |   to v 2.8.6    |
# -------------------
#         |
#         V            (STEP6) Backup and inspect the new 2.8.6 update
#         |
# /usr/local/sql-ledger ->->-> 
#                            v
#       (STEP7)        svn_load_dirs
#                            v
#                            >->-> /vendor/sql-ledger/current
#
#                            <-<-< /vendor/sql-ledger/current
#                            v
#                       copy | tag (done as part of above command
#                            v
#                            >->-> /vendor/sql-ledger/sql-ledger-2.8.6
#
#                            <-<-< /vendor/sql-ledger/sql-ledger-2.8.5
#                            v
#                            <-<-< /vendor/sql-ledger/current
#                            v
#       (STEP8)            merge
#                            v
#                            >->-> /sql-ledger/
#
#       (STEP9)           commit


On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 12:45 -0500, Bob Gustafson wrote:
> If you have been tempted to make changes to the sql-ledger code to
> respond to local requirements, using svn as your source code control
> system offers an 'easy' way to handle your changes and the upgrade to
> new versions when they come out.
> 
> This piece of the svn handbook outlines the approach:
> 
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.advanced.vendorbr.html
> 
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