Source/Version Control

[Ben Klebe]

Hi guys,

I'm the programming lead for team 5347, The Gryphons.

Our season is over, we are a rookie team and did not win. I am currently working on preparations for next year, and this includes organization of our codebase so that we can collaborate effectively and keep everything neat.

Our current source control system is kludged together through email, and it is not a system I'm eager to keep. In light of this, I've been examining other options for source control.

We currently use LabVIEW, though one of our mentors is trying to convince us to switch to Java, because of the support that will be provided by the wealth of Java programmers at competitions and supposedly on Chief Delphi as well. I'm not entirely convinced yet, because even after 2-3 months of struggling through LabVIEW stupidly not reading the quick start docs I should have, I'm beginning to recognize the beauty of graphical dataflow programming much due to my discovery of the clean-up diagram tool.

I've spent a few hours looking through a list of source control systems that integrate directly with LabVIEW. I've considered trying to get Perforce on board as a sponsor for a license or too, but was wondering if anyone has had success trying to get LabVIEW to work with GitHub or any other free source control providers.