Revision Control within LabView

[Drdan_007]

Hi All,

  What procedure are you using for revision control with-in LabView?  Last year and so far this year we have been using a poor person's method.  We copy the folder and rename the folder and project on the start of a new day.  There are a couple of other things we have to do as well.  However, this is not cleanly done every time by every one.  This has caused us numerous headaches and setbacks.  Also, is there a way that we can reset the path for RealTime build destinations as well as for StartUp build destinations?

  Please share your solutions or point me to where it is documented.

Thanks,

DrSmokey

Mentor 692

[nathand]

For help with source control and LabVIEW, try a search on NI's site for "Source Control."  You should find some helpful links, such as this one http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-8500.

As for resetting paths, are you trying to change the path from the default, or restore it to the default?  You can modify the paths by opening the build specification.  If you're trying to determine what the default paths are, just create a new build specification of the appropriate type, open it and look at the values.

[gcs]

We're using Subversion for source control and TortoiseSVN as a client.  Subversion isn't integrated into LabVIEW without a 3rd party addon, but its convenient enough for us.  It allows multiple students to develop features in parallel and easily rollback when the robot stops working .  I'm more familiar with Perforce and find Subversions branching and integration modeling odd, but the students don't know any better

Geoff Schmit

Team 3061

Naperville North High School