Re: gEDA-user: How to use common symbols on multiple computers using pcb

[Steven Michalske <smichalske@xxxxxxxxx>]

All of my boards are in version control.....  so they all are really  
tied together well.

i just check out a revision of that repository that has everything  
where it was back then and it just works.

it might be cool to put geda and gschem in the mix at that level too,  
so that the tools used to build the board and schematics are tracked  
as well....

Steve

On Oct 6, 2008, at 1:50 PM, David Kuehling wrote:

>>>>>> "Steven" == Steven Michalske <smichalske@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> i put mine into source control, so that i can go back in time and  
>> work
>> on old files easily enough....
>
>> when schematics reference a symbol you used years ago and you have
>> updated it, you may need the older one for the schematic.  you
>> checkout a copy from that date..... and it works.
>
> I'm too using source control (subversion) for everything I do, from
> schematics to PCB layouts.  Might not seem intuitive to use such a  
> thing
> on non programming language files, but it works very well.  Given that
> all the data file formats involved are text files.
>
> If you accidentally changed some file, then a "svn diff" might produce
> quite readable output of what was changed.
>
> For footprints, the tagging facility of subversion might also be very
> useful: once a design is done, you create a branch of your personal
> symbols and footprints in a sub-directory of your design.  If you  
> later
> update your footprints, then the branch created in your design's
> directory won't change.  That way you won't have to remember the  
> date of
> your design, when checking out the symbols, which is what Steven
> recommended.
>
> just my $0.02
>
> David
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