OK, I understand that FinalBuilder can interact with most source code control systems as actions during a build. Now, what about the FB4 project itself?
I’d like to check the FB4 project file itself into source control, but once I do so, am I going to have to manually check out, edit and check in the project file, or can FB4 handle that for me?
Hi Carl,
Keeping your FB projects in source control is an excellent idea (we do that here as well.) Using .fbp4 rather than .fbz4 format is a good idea too (you can then use an XML-friendly diff utility to diff the projects.)
At the moment, you need to manually perform the check out - edit - check in cycle. However, I’ll put MSSCCI integration on the to-do list - I agree that it would be a good feature.
Angus - thanks! I’ll keep an eye out for that feature in some future version.
In the meantime, which file(s) are appropriate to check in? I’m assuming just the .fbp4 file.
Carl,
The .fbp4 file is probably all you need to check in. That’s all we keep checked in.
.fbw is the list of watched variables, and .fbv stores the values of any persistent variables.
You could also check in the log file (.fbl4) if you want to keep track of it, but it’s a binary file and needs to be writable whenever the project is open, so you would only be able to use the project when the log file is checked out.