Suggestions for creating CCS V5.1 workspaces/projects to work within SVN source control

Hi Mike,

First off, some helpful resources to read:

http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/sdo_ccstudio/presentations/CCSv5_Tips_&_Tricks.pdf

Specifically see slides on:

Workspaces (slides 4-6)

Version Control: (slide 33)

E2E_display_name_Mike said:

1. CCS 5.1 asks us to create a workspace.  Should we only create one?

You can have as many as you like. Sometimes the more the better. The slides above explain why

E2E_display_name_Mike said:

It seems to want to put it in the "My Documents" folder.  Why is that the default?

Don't have a definitive answer for that but I will assume because it is the main personal folder for the user. Basically it is a good idea for each user (defined by 'login' in this case) to have their own workspace folder (for the reasons described in the above slides). Hence the default is to have it in the current user's personal My Documents folder, instead of a fixed location like C:\ti, which would be the same folder for everyone

E2E_display_name_Mike said:

 Can we put it in the C:\ti folder with all the other CCS 5.1 stuff?

Sure. I do.

E2E_display_name_Mike said:

Do we than check-out projects from SVN and store them in all in the workspace folder?  Or do we create sub-folders and put the projects in the sub-folders?  Or will CCS 5.1 do this for us automatically.

The project folder can exist inside or outside the workspace folder. If you create a project and put it inside the workspace folder, CCS will automatically create a project subfolder of the same name as the project. That project subfolder is often referred to as the 'project folder'. You would check in that project folder along with the recommended project metadata files as mentioned in the above slides.

Hope this helps

ki