drupal session 4

Drupal version control @netnode

Topic: Drupal version control @netnode Date: 27.02.2012 Presenter: Pascal Arnet Twitter: @netnode Blog: http://www.netnode.ch/blog

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What we’ll know in 15min?

• SVN Checkout to webroot

• Handle settings.php

• SVN property svn:ignore

• Drush module upgrade together with SVN

• SVN Dos and Don’ts

Checkout to webroot

• uid of SVN checkout is important to work with Webserver gid/uid

• FTP user with shell access. Strong passwords

•  svn co http://URL/svn/REPO_NAME/trunk .

• Do not use root for checkout

Handle settings.php

•  Problems

• Different configuration (dev/test/production) for the same project (db, error_reporting)

• Different developers with custom setup

•  if ($_SERVER['http_host’] == ‘dev.netnode.me’) { } else { }

Handle settings.php

•  Solution

• Different settings.php files (settings-dev, settings-test, settings-prod, setttings-pascal)

• Make symlink or copy as settings.php

•  Exclude settings.php from SVN

•  Include settings-global.php for common settings

SVN property svn:ignore

• Filter for directory content

•  svn propset svn:ignore "*" log/

•  svn propedit svn:ignore .

•  export SVN_EDITOR=vim

•  ?, *, [ ] as patterns

•  sites/default/files

•  sites/default/settings.php

Drush module upgrade with SVN

• Drush up --version-control=svn --svnsync --svncommit

SVN Dos and Don’ts

• Dos

• Commit often

• Commit at least once a day

• Use http:// notation of checkout URL

• Don’ts

•  svn add –force *

•  svn co/up with user root

More information?

•  http://buildamodule.com/video/change-management-and-version-control-how-to-override-shared-features-and-modify-text-how-to-use-a-version-controlled-settings-php-include-to-share-settings

•  http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.5/svn.advanced.props.special.ignore.html

•  Drush help up

Discussion

• Questions?

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