Ouray Software SCM Articles Series

The Ouray Software SCM Articles Series is intended to help you better apply OurayCM to your real-world problems. See the OurayCM User Manual for detailed instructions on how to use OurayCM.

We provide these articles for your benefit--so feel free to email any article suggestions or comments to EMAIL_COMMENTS.

Currently available topics

• 10 Qualities You Need in an SCM System
• The Basics of OurayCM -- A Conceptual Overview
• How to Design Branches
• The ACID Properties and OurayCM's Durable Versions
• Importing an existing SCM database into OurayCM

Forthcoming topics

• Off-site (remote) Development
• Release Management
• Build Machine
• What to put under SCM Control
• Cross-computer Development
• Managing Common, Cross-project code
• Backups
• Partial updates and submits
• The "Crown Jewels" Principle, Or: Don't Abuse Branches
• Keep a remote web server up to date with OurayCM