Version Control Done Right Lecture

They bust you repository, kill revision history, litter folders with build artifacts and still have the nerve to argue that they did it right. Some people have no clue how to use VCS's (Version Control Systems), let alone use them effectively. In my projects I met people starting from the "no experience, willing to learn" type to hardcore "I don't need no stinking manual" breed.

A spontaneous idea thrown onto my faculty's bulletin board turned into a full-fledged lecture I'll be having together with a colleague, Łukasz Machowski this week, Friday 23 at 6:15PM in lecture room no. 057 of the Jagiellonian University's Institute of Physics.

We'll shortly describe basics, why and how we use repositories. More advanced uses will follow with branching and merging techniques. Lastly we'll discuss best practices in terms of planning and managing a versioned project.

All examples will be shown based on the open-source Subversion managed through Eclipse as well as Microsoft's Team Foundation Server, used in Visual Studio.

If you happen to be around at that time, do join us.