The initial CentOS install comes with only one(the default) repository. Most of the time you’ll want more recent version and more packages then available on that default repository. It’s so easy if all you have to do is type ‘yum install <package>’ and let your OS manage installation, updating and resolve all dependencies for you. It’s recommended that you always install software with yum/rpm. [...]
In my previous post I talked about Mantis and SVN integration. One thing I was missing that I used to have is more control over the message(note) that gets posted. The source control plug-in supports the following arguments: $1 for branch $2 for revision $3 for timestamp $4 for commit message $5 for repository name $6 for changeset ID An [...]
Aug 152011
Recently I upgrade my mantis version from 1.1.8 to 1.2.6, first thing I ran into was my SVN hook that didn’t work anymore. In the 1.2.x they moved the checkin.php and implemented a fairly extensive plug-in system. With the new 1.2.x mantis takes the source control integration a step further, it now natively supports source control integration and integrates nicely [...]
Aug 152011
WebSVN offers a view onto your subversion repositories that’s been designed to reflect the Subversion methodology. You can view the log of any file or directory and see a list of all the files changed, added or deleted in any given revision. You can also view the differences between two versions of a file so as to see exactly what [...]
Aug 142011
Recently I changed something in an open source project and wanted to make the patch public. It had been a long time since I made a patch, so I forgot how(even though it’s fairly easy). So here’s a quick how-to. Make sure you have both the original and modified versions. In the example I’ll make a patch for a directory [...]