[DGD] Managing a persistent mud.

[bart at wotf.org]

For Way of the Force I'm still using SVN with suitable ignores, additionally,
only '.example' versions of files that need local modification are in the
repository. 

in the past I used the same for my Gurbalib development copies, nowadays
Gurbalib is maintained by Sirdude and is using git, but the same method is
still in place, .ignore server-side generated files, and make sure to only
include example versions of files that need local modification.

Imo the advantage over using rsync is being able to selectively roll-back
changes, and to easily detect unexpected cases of locally modified files.

Bart.

On Sat, 29 Aug 2015 16:31:12 +0100, Gary wrote
> On 29/08/15 15:39, bart at wotf.org wrote:
> > 
> > So, I strongly suggest to reconsider the idea of allowing live edits on a
> > persistent mud, in my experience it causes way more trouble and work then
> > teaching your would-be coders to work on a development copy and to follow a
> > more controlled change management process.
> >
> 
> The more I've dug into this, the more I've been coming to the same
> conclusion as you. I really don't want to lose the traditional
> develop/test/merge into stable and deploy approach but at the same time
> wanted to be sure I'd not overlooked some method current muds were using
> to overcome the issue.
> 
> Whilst allowing guest builders a way to introduce new code for their
> regions is appealing, there's going to be a number of issues with it
> beyond the current deployment one that are making me think requiring 
> all submissions go via the develop git repo would be wiser/safer.
> 
> May I ask what method you use for pushing changes after testing to your
> live server? I was thinking of either rsync (with suitable excludes 
> to avoid deletion of server side generated files) or git with 
> suitable ignore files.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Gary
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