What revision/version control do you use for EAGLE files?

I don't know if this site allows polls to be created (maybe we'll learn next week in the webinar) but I thought I'd ask what revision control system everybody uses.

I mainly use Mercurial myself, but I also use Git depending upon who I collaborate with.

What do you all use? Do you use any kind of scripting/ULP inside of EAGLE to interface with your revision control system? And do you use any of the Internet-based servers to store your files? (Sourceforge, Github, Bitbucket, etc.)

And on a related note, do you all stick with the XML the way it is saved from EAGLE, or do you do anything to convert it to a form that is more useful for revision control? (Geagle, Upverter, etc.)

Thanks,

Doug

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dzhgenti over 8 years ago +1

Hi guys, I know this conversation has happened a while ago, but I wanted to ask you a favor. We're building an enhanced collaboration tool for hardware developers. It's based on Git version control and…

autodeskguest over 11 years ago

Hi Chuck,

I'll chime in. I really like Bazaar, I use it to version control any and
all code that I write, be it in C, Python, or the ULP language.

I haven't bothered to make any tools to interface with it, I just use
the GUI front end that comes with Bazaar.

My 2 cents,
Jorge Garcia
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autodeskguest over 11 years ago

On 28/02/14 20:52, Doug Wellington wrote:
what revision control
system everybody uses.

Hi Doug,

I'm old-school - I use subversion.

Still, that's better than where I work, who still use Visual Source
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autodeskguest over 11 years ago

Doug Wellington wrote:

I don't know if this site allows polls to be created (maybe we'll learn
next week in the webinar) but I thought I'd ask what revision control
system everybody uses.

I mainly use Mercurial myself, but I also use Git depending upon who I
collaborate with.

Subversion here.

And since eagle switched to xml and later subversion introduced costum
keyword expansion, I even manage to embed revision information into
the schematic, board and library files too (as those following this
newgroup might remember 8-)
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Lorenz
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dukepro over 11 years ago

On 02/28/2014 03:52 PM, Doug Wellington wrote:
I don't know if this site allows polls to be created (maybe we'll learn
next week in the webinar) but I thought I'd ask what revision control
system everybody uses.

Perforce.
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autodeskguest over 11 years ago

We use Mercurial with all our repositories stored on our internal Rhodecode server. We store everything related to a project in the repository, including binary files. Some of these repositories are pushing 5GB in size. We've used this setup for years and it's worked out quite well for us.

I've written a simple ULP to run any Mercurial function from inside Eagle for board, schematic, and library files. I have some of the more commonly used Mercurial operations in my Command Texts side menu.

We don't change the XML as its a really simple format to work with as it is.

Eric
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Former Member over 11 years ago

I use Git. Dumped Subversion a long time ago
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dzhgenti over 8 years ago

Hi guys,

I know this conversation has happened a while ago, but I wanted to ask you a favor. We're building an enhanced collaboration tool for hardware developers. It's based on Git version control and allows you to view interactive diffs between different schematic revisions. We're in limited access mode and support only Eagle schematics for now, but if people see real value in it, we will add board layouts and other vendors as well.

If you're still interested in the topic, I'd really appreciate your feedback about our project http://cadlab.io

Dmitry
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gustavovelascoh over 8 years ago in reply to dzhgenti

Looks nice, I will try it with my team!
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dzhgenti over 8 years ago in reply to gustavovelascoh

Thanks, Gustavo. Your account has been activated. Looking forward to your feedback!
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