[Info-vax] source control and semantics (Re: Why so much Unix envy?)

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
> Stephen Hoffman
> Sent: 13-Sep-14 9:13 AM
> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] source control and semantics (Re: Why so
> much Unix envy?)
> 
> On 2014-09-13 01:49:23 +0000, Craig A. Berry said:
> 
> > Actually most modern version control tools do not treat the source as
> > plain text because at the most fundamental level they don't treat it as
> > text at all: it's just arbitrary content....
> > <http://hgbook.red-bean.com/read/handling-repository-events-with-
> hooks.html>
> >
> > And also note that you can typically ignore whitespace-only changes
> > when looking through history with such options as "git diff
> > --ignore-space-change".
> 
> Yep.  Piping the incoming source code through a pretty-printer during
> the version-control check-in process is common practice.
> 
> It'd also be handy to have the project's preferred source code format
> available via your preferred IDE or editor, too.  Yes, as well as
> whatever format the particular programmer prefers to use.  Xcode
> doesn't have innate features that provide this, but there are Xcode
> extensions that allow you to selectively reformat the source code, and
> that really helps even when you're just initially entering the source
> code.  Eclipse or NetBeans also undoubtedly have source code
> formatters
> available.   You can go nuts here with emacs and vim, too.
> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/149558/recommended-vim-
> plugins-for-c-coding>
> 
> 
> Combine this with continuous integration and build bots and related,
> and things can get much more interesting than is common in classic VMS
> environments.
> 

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Regards,

Kerry Main
Back to the Future IT Inc.
 .. Learning from the past to plan the future

Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com