I think the way you describe in the question is the only way you can do it in sourceSafe. I usually name the copied directory “V1.0” (or whatever is appropriate) and keep them all in a folder that is the main project name.
Check out the convert extension, particularly the –filemap option. Enable by adding the following to mercurial.ini: [extensions] convert = Create a map of files to exclude: exclude path/to/file1 exclude path/to/file2 Then convert the repo: hg convert srcrepo destrepo –filemap <map> Note there is a bug in Mercurial 2.1.1 causing an error with the above command: … Read more
Version numbering policies can be a bit crazy at times (see Version numbers and JSR277, or Oracle, with its Oracle Database 11g Release 2: 11.2.0.1.0. See also Software Versioning is Ridiculous). But you can start by looking at the Eclipse Version Number policy as a good start. If you really think you need more than … Read more
Settings > Preferences > Backup tab > Click Verbose Backup This will time stamp a copy of your file every time you save. Update: AutoSave allows to automatically save the currently open files based on a timer schedule (default is 1 min) and/or upon the application losing focus. The plugin offers a couple of options … Read more
Shelved means the changes are set aside for you to work on later. Checked in means that the changes are made available to the rest of the team, will be in the build and will eventually ship. Very different. Think of shelving as a tool for context switching when you’re not done with a task. … Read more
The cat command can be used to retrieve any revision of a file: $ hg cat -r 10 myfile.pls You can redirect the output to another file with $ hg cat -r 10 myfile.pls > old.pls or by using the –output flag. If you need to do this for several files, then take a look … Read more
Specifically in Visual Studio go to “Tools-Options” then Select “Source Control-visual Studio Team Founation Server” and check the “Show deleted items in the Source Control explorer”. Having done that – you can then right click a folder and say “Undelete”
Rather than “syncing” your changes, GitHub for Mac does offer you the ability to push, pull and sync changes. Unfortunately, the UI button is for sync only. However, if you go to the menu bar, under “Repository” you see there are two additional changes: push (command + P) or pull (shift + command + P).
You could probably try this stuff out and learn it more quickly than writing up your question took, but I’ll bite. Can any or all of these steps be executed with TortoiseHG, as of version 0.9.2? If yes, how? TortiseHG doesn’t yet put GUI wrappers around sub-repo creation, but TortiseHG has always done a great … Read more
Putting this in my .hgrc did the trick. [hostfingerprints] bitbucket.org = 45:ad:ae:1a:cf:0e:73:47:06:07:e0:88:f5:cc:10:e5:fa:1c:f7:99 You should check the fingerprint first by viewing the host’s certificate. But if all looks fine you could use the above approach to do away with those pesky warnings. See https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/BBKB/abort%3A+certificate+for+bitbucket.org+has+unexpected+fingerprint