[consulting] Patching code on client's site, and general packaging of customizations

[Rob Barreca]

>
> Then I bring these into Drupal via the svn:externals...
Ahhh, you've just opened my eyes to a whole new world. :-)

http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/svn-book.html#svn-ch-7-sect-3

Rob Roy Barreca
Founder and COO
Electronic Insight Corporation
http://www.electronicinsight.com
rob at electronicinsight.com



Anton wrote:
> On 15/12/06, Dave Cohen <drupal at dave-cohen.com> wrote:
>   
>> I too use subversion, and I follow the practice described in their manual
>> called vendor branches: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.1/ch07s05.html
>>     
>
> Another thing I find useful in subversion is to develop modules (and
> to a lesser extent themes) in their own little subtrees with
> tags/branches etc. Then I bring these into Drupal via the
> svn:externals property on the Drupal themes and modules directories.
> That way you can better reuse work on modules as well as quickly and
> easily swapping different versions of modules in and out of different
> sites.
>
> I've even started bringing in contrib modules the same way so I can
> change between branches easily.
>
>   
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