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| From | BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.programming |
| Subject | Re: programmer's keyboard |
| Date | 2012-12-30 13:30 -0600 |
| Organization | albasani.net |
| Message-ID | <kbq4t1$988$1@news.albasani.net> (permalink) |
| References | (7 earlier) <ak96fjFk2kiU4@mid.individual.net> <kbos5r$r64$1@news.albasani.net> <akab0vFltc3U1@mid.individual.net> <kbouh0$v0p$1@news.albasani.net> <kbq073$jv2$1@dont-email.me> |
On 12/30/2012 12:12 PM, Rui Maciel wrote: > BGB wrote: > >> last time I tried to use mercurial (and bitbucket), basically via the >> Windows Explorer plugin thinggy, it took absurdly long for it to try to >> synchronize or commit changes. for a roughly 5GB project, it would >> seemingly do single massive uploads/downloads (several GB at a time), >> and take a long time, and often fail. >> >> with just myself working on it, it didn't really seem worthwhile. > > 5GB sounds like an awful lot of data, particularly if you need to store it > in a server somewhere. Some ISPs offer monthly data plans whose monthly > traffic is only a fraction of that. > yeah. partly it is a game project, and there are a lot of data files. there is a "mini" version of the project that can be downloaded, but it mostly works by using a stripped down version of the data (which omits a lot of development data, uses low-resolution textures, ...). > >> with a local copy/paste, I can do the whole operation of copying >> source-trees around much quicker, even yes, if file-copying is still >> kind of slow sometimes... >> >> and, if a person needs a copy on an external drive, they can copy/paste >> it to an external drive, and call it good enough... > > You can use version control systems to manage local projects, without having > to transfer any data through a network. You can also copy the whole project > around, versioned data and all. > granted, but it isn't really all that clear if/how it is worth the hassle of doing so.
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programmer's keyboard bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-12-26 11:45 -0800
Re: programmer's keyboard Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-12-26 15:01 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-12-26 21:36 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-26 21:12 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2012-12-27 23:45 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-12-28 13:46 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-29 11:42 +1300
Re: programmer's keyboard "Chris Uppal" <chris.uppal@metagnostic.REMOVE-THIS.org> - 2012-12-29 15:15 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-29 14:41 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-12-29 21:10 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-29 15:26 -0600
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Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-30 02:12 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-12-30 11:20 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com - 2012-12-30 10:19 -0800
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-30 14:51 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-30 10:43 +1300
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-30 01:55 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-30 21:06 +1300
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-30 02:35 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-12-30 18:12 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-30 13:30 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-31 09:36 +1300
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-30 17:27 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-31 13:00 +1300
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-31 03:13 -0600
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Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-31 16:58 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-01 13:24 +1300
Re: programmer's keyboard Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-01-02 12:23 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-02 14:34 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-02 15:35 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-03 13:19 -0600
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Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-03 13:46 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard rugxulo@gmail.com - 2013-01-03 00:52 -0800
Re: programmer's keyboard Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-01-03 15:00 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-01-02 11:58 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-02 15:03 -0600
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Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2013-01-03 13:06 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-12-30 18:04 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-30 14:24 -0600
Re: programmer's keyboard Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2013-01-02 11:34 +0000
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Re: programmer's keyboard Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-12-28 11:45 +0000
Re: programmer's keyboard BGB <cr88192@hotmail.com> - 2012-12-28 12:29 -0600
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