SCM is typically implemented using systems such as Atlassian’s Bamboo, Capistrano and Capifony.

A basic requirement of a good SCM process is to have local development environments for each developer so that they can perform their work without impacting other developers and only be required to merge their work when they are getting ready to deploy.

Symfony is an excellent framework however it can be a bit verbose and tedious at times. For example, when executing commands from the command line it’s a requirement to be in the root directory of your Symfony project and use something like:

php app/console cache:clear

The following script allows you to instead run commands using a shortened command from anywhere within your project’s directory tree. For example:

sf cache:clear

#!/bin/bash

# Expand globs to null when there are no matches
shopt -s nullglob

# Look for either a ‘/console’ or a ‘symfony’ file
until
file=(*/console symfony); [[ -f "$file" ]] && php “$file” “$@” && exit;
do
[[ "$PWD" == "/" ]] && break;
cd ..
done

echo ‘No Symfony file could be found!’

To install, simply create a file with the above bash script called ‘sf’ and place it somewhere in your path, for example /usr/local/bin/. Be sure to give it the correct execute permissions.

References:

1. Symfony2 CLI bash script

Step 1

Make your coding changes and commit in Eclipse.

Step 2

cd to the local repository and:

git push origin master

Create a new repository on GitHub

Step 2

Set up the local Git on your computer:

http://help.github.com/mac-set-up-git/

Create a directory for the Git reposiories. Something like ~/GitRep.

Follow the instructions on the GitHub page:

Step 3

Setup Egit in Eclipse:

http://eclipse.org/egit/

Set the default repository directory to the one create din step 2. e.g. ~/GitRep

Step 4

Locate the repository URI on GitHub.

Clone the repository hosted on GitHub

Step 6

From the Git Repository view in Eclipse import the project by right clicking on the master branch.

Import as a general project

Your new Symfony2 Bundle project will now be in GitHub and in a local Git repository accessible within Eclipse.

Something that you don’t want to include in your source control are the hidden files used by the source control system itself. For SVN that would be the .svn and related directories.

Here’s a simply way to exclude them:

Open the properties of the project and go to Resource > Resource Filters.

Select “Exclude all” and click on the “Add…” button. 

Something that you don’t want to include in your source control are the hidden files used by the source control system itself. For Git that would be the .git and related directories.

Here’s a simply way to exclude them:

Open the properties of the project and go to Resource > Resource Filters.

Select “Exclude all” and click on the “Add…” button.