On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra(a)baylink.com> wrote:
More pointedly, is there a really *good*
"Software Development Version
Management HOWTO" anywhere at all? I've looked at the git book, and it
just knocked me on my ass from the first chapter. I *almost* understand
BZR... but I haven't seen a good 30,000ft explanation of any of them,
written for people who are good programmers, but have never worked with
one before.
I think this might be what you're looking for:
http://producingoss.com/en/vc.html
...though the information is a little dated. Then again, our version
control system is a little dated, so maybe this is just right (though
ignore pretty much everything said about CVS).
Regarding MediaWiki-specific information about branching and so on,
that's largely covered here:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Commit_access
...though that documentation could stand some improvement. (volunteers?)
Rob