I’ve used both of the strategies you mention. Of those two, I favor the second approach, being simpler, in use cases that support it. That is, if the versioning needs are simple, then go with a simpler software design: A low number of changes, low complexity changes, or low frequency change schedule Changes that are … Read more
The answer I have written here can be applied in this case. A tool called xls2txt can provide human-readable output from .xls files. So in short, you should put this to your .gitattributes file: *.xls diff=xls And in the .git/config: [diff “xls”] binary = true textconv = /path/to/xls2txt Of course, I’m sure you can find … Read more
I think the key question to ask here is ‘Who / What is going to be using the history’? If it’s going to be mostly for reporting / human readable history, we’ve implemented this scheme in the past… Create a table called ‘AuditTrail’ or something that has the following fields… [ID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, … Read more
While it’s not a batch process, Visual Studio can also add/edit file resources. Just use File->Open->File on the .EXE or .DLL. This is handy for fixing version information post-build, or adding it to files that don’t have these resources to begin with.
See Is there a version control system for database structure changes? How do I version my MS SQL database in SVN? and Jeff’s article Get Your Database Under Version Control I feel your pain, and I wish there were a better answer. This might be closer to what you were looking for. Mechanisms for tracking … Read more
For several of my projects I capture the subversion revision number, time, user who ran the build, and some system information, stuff them into a .properties file that gets included in the application jar, and read that jar at runtime. The ant code looks like this: <!– software revision number –> <property name=”version” value=”1.23″/> <target … Read more
Regardless whether versioning can be avoided by doing backwards compatible changes (which might not always possible when you are bound by some corporate guidelines or your API clients are implemented in a buggy way and would break even if they should not) the abstracted requirement is an interesting one: How can I do a custom … Read more
The original form of this answer is wildly different, and can be found here. Just proof that there’s more than one way to skin a cat. I’ve updated the answer since to use namespaces and to use 301 redirects — rather than the default of 302. Thanks to pixeltrix and Bo Jeanes for the prompting … Read more
Can you use the Version class? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.version It has an IComparable interface. Be aware this won’t work with a 5-part version string like you’ve shown (is that really your version string?). Assuming your inputs are strings, here’s a working sample with the normal .NET 4-part version string: static class Program { static void Main() { … Read more
Just discovered switching branches is done using the update dialog (VCS -> Update Project, ⌘T), where I can select any branch, tag or revision I want.