Date:         Tue, 2 Nov 2010 10:42:13 -0700
Reply-To:     Sterling Paramore <gnilrets@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Sterling Paramore <gnilrets@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Version Control Recommendations
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Then CVS or Subversion should work just fine.  They don't integrate with any
SAS IDE, but I don't see that as a problem.

They both work as follows:
You first check out code from a code repository to a local drive, edit it in
the SAS IDE (or however you choose to edit SAS files), debug any edits, and
when you're happy with the results those results can then be committed back
to the repository so other users can see your changes.

Tortoise CVS is a nice checkout/commit GUI that integrates well with Windows
Explorer.

-Sterling

On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 10:22 AM, <zrab123@comcast.net> wrote:

> All SAS is run locally, but the programs are stored on a network.  I've
> used Dreamweaver for any web programming I do, and it has the ability to
> check out files while you're working on them.  Unfortunately, it doesn't
> have a SAS plug in.
>
>
>
> A lot of what I want to know is that if something changes, I want to be
> able to determine what, when and by whom.  Being able to check out and have
> the file locked meanwhile would be nice to while still being able to do the
> programming in the SAS IDE.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sterling Paramore" <gnilrets@GMAIL.COM>
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Sent: Tuesday, November 2, 2010 10:49:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Version Control Recommendations
>
> Are you running SAS on a server or locally?
>
> We use SAS on a unix server, but we don't have shell access.  I use CVS to
> version control my stuff, but frankly, the hoops I have to jump through to
> get a tolerable development flow are a bit complex, so I'm the only one in
> my group who uses version control.  Version control would be much easier to
> deal with if we either had shell access or did everything through local
> versions of SAS.
>
> -Sterling
>
> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Ken Barz <zrab123@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Hey L'ers,
> >
> >
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone has experience/recommendations on any version
> > control software.  We don't own AF and don't plan to.  Also, its
> > purchase can't completely break the bank.  We'll be primarily using it to
> > manage SAS code, but also IT would probably use it for some of their
> stuff.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ken
> >
>