Re: Upon recompiling/building: my EXE doesn't want to be overwritten!

From: Ingvar Nilsen (telcontr_at_online-not-this-part-.no)
Date: 12/17/03 

Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:43:08 +0100

Wayne Niddery [TeamB] wrote:
> Bit of a tangent, but even in cases of being a sole developer, using
> version control has saved my a$$ at least a few times. I can
> completely screw something up and know I can get back to a previously
> good state, and the versioning often helps me find bugs I've
> inadvertently introduced while adding other enhancements - it is easy
> to review what I've changed.

When working alone on a project, I find an ordinary version control
system a little of an overkill, and a time waste.
So I wrote a special application that takes snapshots of the entire
directory structure where I have all the source code, additional files
etc. etc. and just then copies those files changed to a new directory
each time I make the snapshot.
It can be restored too, of course.

I achieve the same as with a VCS system, but use just a fraction of
time, because there is no check in / check out. I make those snapshots
rather often, in fact every time I make a change to my project.

Yes, has been very nice to have, has become indispensable. 

-- 
Ingvar Nilsen

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