Using rsync to create two versions of the same software.

[Eric Cope]

I use SVN for that. Specifically, EXPORT. Then I use a script clean out
directories, then pass my PHP through the PHP compiler as a last time double
check things compile.

Eric

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:44 AM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> Hi All,
>
> In the old days of writing desktop applications, when one wanted to make
> two versions of the same app - one free or demo and the other with all the
> features, all one had to do was add a switch to include (run) or exclude
> (not run) the code to create either version and compile.
>
> Now that we have interpreted web based applications written in PHP and the
> like, this option does not work so well.  I was thinking about this recently
> and wondering how to address such an issue with PHP.
>
> Yesterday while looking at rsync I happened upon a website and read "I
> personally use it to synchronize Website trees from staging to production
> servers....".
>
> Then it occurred to me that I can use rsync for building two different
> versions of a PHP application.
>
> I can add that switch to the code and test each version by setting the
> switch.  Then I can run rsync to copy each code set to its own directories.
>
>
> The other solution would be to use a compiler.
>
> I suspect I could use this to upload changes to a production server.
> Configuring it to only copy files that have changed.  Interesting idea.
> Only down side is any code not ready for production would be uploaded to the
> production server as well.
>
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