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Source Control in MATLAB

Source Control in MATLAB. A tool for tracking changes in software development projects. Stuart Nelis & Rachel Sheldon. Source Control. (A.K.A. Revision Control, Version Control). The management of changes to documents, programs, and other information stored as computer files .

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Source Control in MATLAB

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  1. Source Control in MATLAB A tool for tracking changes in software development projects. Stuart Nelis & Rachel Sheldon

  2. Source Control (A.K.A. Revision Control, Version Control) • The management of changes to documents, programs, and other information stored as computer files. • Used in software development where a team of people can edit the same files

  3. Why Do We Use Source Control? • Allows programmers to work simultaneously on updates even when geographically far apart • Aids in the fixing of bugs as they are often only present in one version • Keeps track of who has made a change, and what change has been made

  4. Version Development BRANCH – A set of files under source control can be branched so two copies of the files can develop at different speeds TRUNKS – The unique line of development that is not a branch MERGES – Two sets of changes are applied to a set of files TAGS – Denotes an important snapshot in time WORKING COPY – Local copy of files from a repository, at a specific time or revision

  5. Merging Scenarios • A user, working on a set of files, syncs his or her working copy with changes made. • A user tries to check-in files that have been updated by others since the files were checked out. The revision control software automatically merges the files. • A set of files is branched, a problem that existed before the branching is fixed in one branch, and the fix is then merged into the other branch. • A branch is created, the code in the files is independently edited, and the updated branch is later incorporated into a single, unified trunk.

  6. Software Showcase • MATLAB has tools for utilising external source control software which can be set in the preferences and extended through plugins • We will be looking at: • Subversion (SVN) – Open source software • svnX – Open source GUI for SVN • MATLAB Interface

  7. Demo Time

  8. Any Questions?

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