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Converting from CVS to Subversion with cvs2svn Publish Date: Oct. 3, 2005
With cvs2svn, you can easily migrate all the data out of your CVS repository when you move to Subversion. Brian Fitzpatrick walks through the conversion process--from deciding how much data to take with you, to prepping your data, to reviewing the most common options you'll use. If you're in Europe later this month, Brian will be tackling how to use Subversion in open source development at O'Reilly's EuroOSCON .
The Virtual Internship: Take Control of Your Future by Becoming an Open Source Developer Publish Date: Aug. 1, 2005
Looking for a job fresh out of college, and finding the competition thick? Brian Fitzpatrick recommends you create your own virtual internship by contributing to an open source project. You'll get real-world experience, and advice and criticism from talented programmers. More importantly, from a career
perspective, you'll start building a publicly visible portfolio of your work that you can show to any prospective employer. Wondering how to choose an open source project to contribute to? Come to OSCON 2005 this week and rub elbows with just about everyone connected to the community.
The Virtual Referral: Mitigating Risk by Hiring Open Source Developers Publish Date: Jul. 14, 2005
Hiring a new employee is almost always a risk, and hiring the wrong employee can prove a costly mistake for managers. Brian Fitzpatrick suggests you hire an open source programmer. Find out why doing so mitigates the risks involved in hiring. Meet Brian at O'Reilly's Open Source Convention , where he'll be leading a Subversion tutorial and a session on switching from CVS to Subversion .
The Top Ten Subversion Tips for CVS Users Publish Date: Aug. 19, 2004
If you've been contemplating a switch from CVS to Subversion, there's more to it than simply learning Subversion's new features. You'll need to unlearn some bad habits CVS has instilled in you as well. Brian Fitzpatrick, coauthor of Version Control with Subversion , offers ten Subversion tips that will help users break bad CVS habits and form good Subversion ones.
