myVersionControl

myVersionControl Hardware Upgrade

2011-10-29T20:08:00.002+01:00

myVersionControl servers are in the process of being upgraded. As part of the upgrade we have installed reverse proxy servers to handle myVersionControl functions. These will allow us to do maintenance/improve redundancy in the future. As a result of this myVersionControl has new DNS addresses which may take a few hours to propagate around the world.

We apologise if some users experience an interruption in service during DNS propagation. We believe that these changes were essential to the continued expansion and robustness of myVersionControl.

We hope you enjoy the speed increase!

myVersionControl Support Team

myVersionControl Downtime

2011-09-27T21:37:00.002+01:00

On Monday 26th August myVersionControl experienced two extended outages. This was caused by a cascade failure at the datacenter cluster that we use. This effectively took most of myVersionControl systems offline. This is the first major outage we have experienced from this datacentre in the whole 6 years we have been in operations.

Downtime was recorded at:
13:47:04 until 16:04:43 (BST, 137 minutes)
18:39:04 until 21:29:00 (BST, 170 minutes)

Like thousands of other businesses, we have been very disappointed with the way that this was handled by the datacenter. The good news is that if this had happened, even one month later we could have continued operations. This is because our infrastructure upgrade means we will now span multiple independent datacentres therefore a single outage would not be enough to take us completely offline.

In this occasion we fully accept that our communications could have been better and we are drawing up new procedures for situations like this one where our customers will be far better informed. We are also going to extend and enhance our status page so that it reflects the health of each of the components that make up myVersionControl.  We would like to apologise to all our customers that were affected by this outage and reassure you that we are doing all that is necessary to ensure the service can deal better with exceptional circumstances like this in the future.
Many thanks,

The myVersionControl Team

Basecamp integration available

2011-06-14T21:43:00.005+01:00

The myVersionControl developers are working extremely hard on implementing a number of major infrastructure changes which we will talk about over the next few weeks. This is taking all our efforts at the moment and we should be releasing these upgrades mid to late July.

Basecamp Integration
It is good to do some less technically demanding development at times though(!) which is why we have also begun a development effort to increase myVersionControl integration. The first to be released is the excellent Project management software 'Basecamp'. Integrating your repository with Basecamp is very simple and can be done from your control panel with only a few clicks.

If you would like to add Basecamp to your myVersionControl account you will find the option in the 'Resources' part of your control panel. The option is available to both free and paying customers. If you use some third party software and wish us to integrate with it then please register your suggestion at our ideas page.

Version 2.3.1 Released

2011-04-01T19:51:00.005+01:00

1st April, in some parts of the world this is "April Fools Day" so perhaps not the best day for a release but nonetheless it is the day we chose!!

I should explain how we work our deployments, for the most part we work in a relatively agile manner where new features are released as soon as they are tested. We use our milestones to break our enhancements into sensible related fragments. So most of what is under the release heading today has already been deployed into the live environment.

Version 2.3.1 contains a number of enhancements and fixes but the most important ones include:

Realtime backups - If you have a paid account you can rest assured that each and every one of your commits are sent from our European datacentre to a server 3904 miles away in Pennsylvania, USA. You do not need to do anything to activate this, we are working our way through all our customers and will have completed this in around 1 week.

Deployments, we are still beta testing deployments but if you are an Enterprise user you can expect it to be added to your control panel shortly and then rolled out to other paid users shortly after.

We have doubled our server count to separate out core functions, you should see an improvement in response times and overall speed.

You can now create a custom address for your downloadable invoices.

The restriction on project name has been removed. After deleting a project you can now reuse that name.

Milestone 2.3.2 is due in only one month. That includes a number of behind the scenes e.g. an overhaul of the billing platform. However there should be time to add some new functionality and aesthetic improvements!

myVersionControl 2011 - big, BIG, BIIG changes ahead!

2011-03-07T22:44:00.008Z

Throughout 2010 we were entrusted with ever larger amounts of customer's data, we retained our excellent >99% uptime, we fixed and squashed bugs and our servers were loved, we receive only 3 or 4 support requests per week.

This has left us with plenty of time to innovate and plan for 2011. We now have a new management structure, new staff and an office thirst to be the best! There is so much planned for 2011 that a blog article is likely to be too short (and I don't want to give the competitors too many good ideas!) but I will do my best to do it justice. Incidentally, we are intending on having frequent blog updates now to keep you informed of progress so that you know when your 'must have' feature is likely to be added (add them here).

First up - we have a new management structure. myVersionControl is now run by "VersionControl Solutions", the same staff and the same owners but a far more sensible name. Any credit card statements will be changing to this new name in the next month or two. We may need you to input your credit card numbers again as we are changing merchant account providers at the same time from Barclaycard to HSBC but we will let you know about this nearer the time.

Our staff numbers have now risen to six and this has meant that we can instigate our ambitious development plan conceived over the last 12 months and now on an accelerated program.

We are pursuing grant funding of > 100,000 GBP to employ yet more new developers taking us up to eight and paving the way to completing some new and exciting research and development initiatives that we have underway in our labs at the moment (sneak previews will be in future blogs so come back often!).

Our first milestone is due on the 1st April and will contain alot of goodies like deployments and realtime backups.

More about this and the other developments in future posts! For now, I am back to the labs to crack the whip and make sure we hit our deadlines!!

Martin,
Managing Director
p.s. The reason for the rabbit? 2011 is the chinese year of the rabbit!!

myVersionControl Ideas Forum

2010-11-01T18:00:00.004Z

myVersionControl has a great feature set of all the things that we think our customers need from a version control system, and as we are also users we believe we have a pretty good idea of what is needed. But we feel that our customers will have many more ideas than we have in queue so we have created an area specifically for you to suggest new features that you would like to see.

This feature suggestion forum will not only generate new feature ideas that we will add to myVersionControl as fast as we can, but also will help us prioritise our efforts as you can vote for other people's ideas as well!

The forum is provided by our friends over at http://mvc.uservoice.com, if you have an idea, then please do put it up there, and if others like it then before long you will see it in myVersionControl!

Scheduled FTP backups now available

2010-10-23T10:58:00.004+01:00

We all know how important it is to make good and regular backups, but how many of us can hand on heart really say we do?

myVersionControl has always had the policy that the data entrusted to us is yours, and at any time you are able to download everything from the control panel. However up until now, and in line with most other online version control vendors, you have had to manually download the backups yourself. Even the most diligent of us can forget from time to time to do this, so for our mission critical customers, we have released an automated scheduled backup feature. You now have the ability to schedule a ftp backup daily,weekly or monthly. Once set up the system will send your data to a ftp server of your choice without you lifting a finger. (see FAQ article here)

Setting up new scheduled backup

So now, there is no excuse for not doing regular backups, and perhaps sleep a little easier at night! If you would like help in setting up this feature, contact support through the control panel in the usual manner, and we will be pleased to advise!

Anonymous Access

2009-09-23T03:18:00.004+01:00

Anonymous access is now available to all myVersionControl customers on both Subversion and Trac. This is a feature that has been regularly requested by clients and we are very pleased to be able to offer it in the new version of myVersionControl.

Anonymous access to Subversion repositories when activated means that you can now permit public users to browse your code directly without being prompted for a username or password.
In Trac your users will again not be prompted and the system assumes a default user of "Anon". Anonymous privileges in Trac are completely configurable by Administrators so you can make your Trac as open or secure as you wish.

Of course you can choose not to permit anonymous access. The security area in your control panel makes it very easy to configure your resources:

New and improved Trac comes to myVersionControl

2009-09-10T18:06:00.006+01:00

Trac was a superb and popular base level project management tool in the previous incarnation of myVersionControl so we have included trac across our new product range at no extra cost.

We have put alot of hard work improving the management of Trac compared to the old version:

Version 0.11.4 - The latest version with all the current features.
Webadmin - Installed by default on all Trac instances.
Control panel - A once click deployment model and management through the control panel.
Administrators - myVersionControl administrators are automatically Trac administrators.
Subversion - Log messages can be used to automatically update Trac.

This is available to all our users now, it is configurable like never before an will take less than 30 seconds to install! In your control panel, navigate to the 'Resources and Hooks' section and choose 'Trac'.

Depending on your needs there are better things out there but they invariably cost money. We are adding support for all the other popular ticket and project management sites out there and will add these features shortly. If you would like to make a suggestion please start a discussion at http://support.myversioncontrol.com

Controlling commit messages

2009-09-08T16:10:00.003+01:00

We released our 'commit message' feature today and are looking forward to any comments you may have.

This feature is available to all our paid accounts and gives administrators far more control over what is acceptable in a log message.

Prevent zero length commits -
No more blank messages in your log! Always always always log your changes! At myVersionControl we like to commit tested functionality in small identifiable blocks. Preaching to the converted I am sure but write your log message while the code is fresh in your mind - the more the better! You will never regret it..

Along with zero length commits we have provided the ability to set minimum lengths of log message. This means that your users cannot get away with just a single character (yes we have seen it!) to bypass the control.

Finally, we have given the option of creating your own custom message. You can put anything you like in there - your support telephone number, the name of the business or just something cheeky! It is up to you!

Gmail filters for your email notifications

2009-09-07T14:08:00.003+01:00

The new email notification functions in myVersionControl have just been implimented and all of a sudden the filters in my Gmail account have stopped working. The reason is obvious. Instead of coming from no-reply@myversioncontrol.com, email notifications now come from the user that triggered them. As such, I'm going to have to look for another constant to identify and label these emails with.

Ok - here's what I did, the subject line of all email notifications will look something like this:

Project [projectname] commit r[revision number] - [folder path]

Google lets you group words which must appear together using parentheses, so you can add (project commit) to the Subject field of the Create a Filter page. If you want to make the filter project specific, just add the project name within the brackets too (project coolproject commit).

Email Notifications now live

2009-09-07T13:20:00.002+01:00

After our major upgrade in August, we had to disable our hooks and resources section. We're now ready to start releasing features here one by one over the next few days. The first one is email notifications.

When activated, Email Notifications will send an email to users or groups that you specify whenever someone commits to a specified project. We've added in a couple of neat features:

Email to all members of a group
If you've gone to the trouble of setting up groups to make managing user permissions easier, then you'll be pleased to know that you you can manage email rules using these groups.

Temporarily disable Email Notifications
If you need to switch off email notifications for a project for a while, then you can. When you come to re-enable notifications again, all your previous settings are remembered and ready to go.

Notifications come from the user
When a team member commits their code, and I want to ping them a comment via email, it would be nice just to hit reply rather having to hit forward and look up their email address. Well now rather than coming from no-reply@myVersionControl.com, the notification email will come with from the user who committed the change. It wasn't difficult to implement, but it's just a nice little addition that makes our lives that wee bit easier.

Enhanced Security

2009-08-29T09:40:00.004+01:00

The previous version of myVersionControl was, by default, low security and required user configuration to fully protect repositories. The latest version of myVersionControl is built around the concept of 'protected by default'. This requires our users to consciously relax security and has caught a number of our users by surprise.

This particularly affected clients who on the old system had zero security set up. In the current version of the new system this will mean, as they have no permitted users on that resource, that they will get a rather unpleasant message telling them they have no access. Additionally a new feature in myVersionControl is the ability to control commit permission so unless a user is set up for this also it will mean that they will be able to update/checkout but committing will result in a rather cryptic 'see your administrator' message!

We do think that all these changes are essential for myVersionControl and have been widely requested with a host of advantages in addition to security, however we do appreciate that it is a change in working for many of our users. To this end we are delaying switching on enhanced security to Sunday 30th August at 0100 GMT. All clients are respectfully requested to login to their control panel and update access permissions where appropriate before the Sunday switch on. Our support desk is standing by for any questions regarding this over the weekend.

Ok - phase 1 complete

2009-08-27T15:56:00.004+01:00

For the past month, all we've been talking about here is the upgrade. Everywhere I looked, there were reminders. My inbox, my desk, my calendar, my dreams, (the occasional nightmare) even my wife was asking how the upgrade was going. Then last weekend, when it was actually time to push the button of no return, a strange calmness came over me. There was none of the franticness I had imagined, there were couple of minor issues, but overall, it all went as smoothly as anyone could have hoped. Here's what we updated:

Server infrastructure (don't underestimate the size of that job)
Subversion now running V 1.6.3
Trac running V 0.11.4
MVC Control Panel now on V 2 (hallelujah)
Support system now upgraded

So, the first week is nearly over and we haven't had the flood of support tickets we were expecting. There have been a few issues to smooth out, notably with billing (or the lack of it - sorry but that couldn't last forever) and the public site. A handful of users reported some connection issues to begin with, but these were resolved within a few hours.

So now, all thoughts are to the future. We have quite a few goodies in the pipeline including deployment tools and more hooks and integration with third party systems. The feedback we've been getting has been extremely encouraging and I'd urge anyone with an opinion or suggestion to get in touch with us over on our support tender.

Memory leaks and network interfaces

2009-08-05T09:27:00.005+01:00

Beta testing is approaching completion now, which is a huge source of relief and excitement at myVersionControl.com. We are currently writing the import scripts which will upgrade all our clients to the latest version of myVersionControl and will be writing to all our clients shortly to inform them of what to expect with the new system.

The new subversion servers are zipping along at high speed now with no reported problems however this was not always the case. Infrequently, when doing long checkouts of repositories with many subdirectories we started receiving the following type of error messages:

svn: REPORT request failed on '/svn/repo/!svn/vcc/default'
svn: REPORT of '/svn/repo/!svn/vcc/default': Could not read chunk delimiter: Secure connection truncated

We are used to subversion 'just working'! So this was a source of great consternation and would prevent us from going live with the new servers. After much research we found that it was down to a memory leak in mod_dav_svn which is the subversion module for Apache. It appears that the 'path based authorisation' feature leaks memory, consuming resources that will eventually take Apache down.

myVersionControl do not use the path based authorisation feature. We prefer the use of post and pre-commit hooks to control access as we have much more control over the process this way. This meant that we could switch off that feature with a simple: "SVNPathAuthz Off" directive in the Apache configuration files.

On a completely different note we recently found out that our new 1and1 servers had been set up with only 10Mb/s connection to the network! Found this out by chance when trying to move large amounts of data between servers and was only posting 1000Kb per second! Forcing the cards using ethtool had no effect so we have left this up to the 1and1 engineers who are on the case as I speak! Just goes to show - take nothing for granted!

Beta Testing of new interface begins

2009-06-12T11:26:00.006+01:00

Today we started beta testing of our new interface. 100 accounts were transferred over to the new server architecture this morning and things have been running pretty smoothly so far (touch wood).

Beta testing will last for up to 2 weeks before we begin the (slightly daunting) process of migrating over 5000 users over to the new systems.

Some of the new features beta testers are familiarising themselves with today are:

Easier user management
Advanced and intuitive permissions configuration
Advanced security settings (including individual repository firewalls)
Repository activity views and reports
In place editing throughout
More intuitive UI with better feedback and control
Group permissions
Easier repository creation including dump and file upload and svnsync

And that's just client side. We are now running a completely new server architecture with better redundancy, replication and load balancing built in.

Anyone interested in getting involved in beta testing, please drop us an email at support@myversioncontrol.com.

Green Servers: Commissioning begins..

2009-06-08T11:31:00.007+01:00

We have begun the process of commissioning new servers for the upcoming release of the latest version of the myVersionControl Control panel. The servers are true monsters clustered together with 4 2.xGHz Opteron processors per server and a minimum of 4GB physical memory. It is amazing how far technology has moved on in three years when we bought our first server for myVersionControl. It was a single 3GHz Intel Pentium 4 with only 2GB memory. Amazingly this server continues to work as part of the myVersionControl server family but will finally be given the rest it deserves some time after go-live to make space for something faster!

Our servers are entrusted to 1and1 and are currently based in Europe with super fast connectivity around the world. If your business has a renewable energy policy (or are a forward thinking personal user) you will be pleased to know that myVersionControl servers are all powered by wind, water and solar power. We are personally very passionate about the environment and are very pleased to be partnering with a similarly inclined supplier.

Blowing away the clouds

2009-06-03T12:14:00.006+01:00

Amazon's elastic cloud (EC2) technology is brilliant and used by some online subversion hosts however myVersionControl have no intention of moving your service to Amazon's servers.

At first glance the benefits of the service are compelling, huge redundancy and massively scalable - we can easily see why our competitors have chosen to use the service over old fashioned 'real' servers in datacentres. What EC2 cannot provide at this time is:

Provide a cast iron guarantee (SLA) that they will keep the service alive all the time. In fact they reserve the right to switch it off at any time (Amazon terms and conditions 7.1). This means that downtime will be both indeterminable and out of our control. This represents an unacceptable situation for us. Our servers are distributed across datacentres and have multiple redundancy built in to our own design and satisfaction. No-one may switch off our servers without prior authorisation and we are not affected by unknown threats posed by Amazon's other EC2 customers.
Amazon cannot guarantee the security of the data they store (Amazon terms and conditions 7.2). Lets be frank here, within our own terms and conditions we have some get outs however you can be sure that we go to extraordinary lengths to keep your data private. All our servers are physically secure, the datacentres we choose for our servers have 24 hour manned security including CCTV, patrolled boundaries and multiple levels of authorisation. Decommissioned servers are also securely disposed of with the data disk receiving 'special attention'. We are both the architect and custodian of our security procedures and have complete control over how we implement this. We believe that we are better placed to police our gates than some unknown entity.

What it all boils down to is that we do not believe that cloud computing yet (and may never) provide the control and reliability that we demand for our clients. Using the cloud would increase profit margins but we believe that real servers in real datacentres that meet our strict vetting requirements represent the best possible solution for our versioncontrol clients and will not be jumping on the cloud computing band wagon!

Record rise in new users

2009-06-01T12:19:00.008+01:00

Following last month's announcement of space increases on our 'Personal' and 'Team' products we are very pleased to report a 150% monthly increase in new sign ups, taking our registered users way past the 5000 mark. Buoyed by how well the improvements have been received we are very excited by the next phase, which includes a space increase across the rest of the streamlined product range and the new control panel which is set for release middle of June.

We will release the new system onto a new suite of cutting edge hardware including redundancy, load balancing and clustering bringing the new myVersionControl server count to seven with more in the pipeline. This new architecture will promise even faster response times and greater levels of reliability for all our customers.

Space increases and other changes

2009-05-17T11:27:00.003+01:00

As part of the upgrade of myVersionControl with new features, a new control panel and other enhancements we are streamlining the product range and increasing the amount of space. We will be doing this progressively to coincide with the release of the new interface however we have immediately increased the space on our base products:

The free account - now named 'Personal' has had a space increase from 4 MB to 100 MB.
The 50mb account - now named 'Team' has had a space increase from 50 MB to 500 MB

In order to maintain business viability we have put some reasonable restrictions on the numbers of users and projects that each product can accommodate. No paying customer will be adversely affected by this change, if you are currently exceeding the permitted numbers of users and or projects for your package you will not be forced to upgrade.

We are very excited about these changes that are occuring at myVersionControl which will help us continue to innovate and give our customers the very best in service and functionality.

Trailing slashes, Subversion Repositories and Subclipse

2009-05-14T12:12:00.004+01:00

Trailing slashes on URLs are a tricky beast. Best practice dictates that when a web url does not have a trailing slash the browser is referring to a file, with the slash we are looking for a directory - see Slash Forward (Some URLS are Better Than Others by Waferbaby). We at myVersionControl are aware of this and as a matter of course rewrite a repository url without a slash to one that includes, for example:

https://company.myversioncontrol.com/subversion/repository1

would be rewritten as:

https://company.myversioncontrol.com/subversion/repository1/

Now it can be argued that 'repository1' is a directory or a file depending on what you consider subversion to be, however from the filesystem's point of view it is most definitely a directory.

It came to our attention recently that there are a minority of SVN clients that were struggling to cope with this trailing slash. For example Subclipse from Tigris would fail spectacularly.

In order to remain compatible with as many clients as possible we have changed our configuration protocols to accept your repository urls with or without the slash. If you have any problems with any other clients then as ever let us know!

Sneak preview of the control panel upgrade

2009-05-07T09:47:00.012+01:00

The redesign and upgrade of the main MVC web control panel is well underway. The focus is largely on usability and creating a framework and structure that will allow us to introduce the new features we are working on like repository browsing and hooks and third party resources management. This would be difficult in the existing structure.

The new site will make fairly extensive use of client side scripting techniques involving numerous Ajax calls, drag and drop and pseudo modal windows. This is all aimed at making the control panel behave more like a console application and to improve the overall usability and configurability of subversion. Non JavaScript enabled browsers will be redirected to the existing control panel until we complete the redesign of the basic accessible version. We also have plans to introduce slimed down versions of the control panel for mobile devices, primarily so administrators can keep an eye on development progress from wherever they are.

The new site is being tested daily in IE 7 & 8, Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome. Users of other browsers will be given the opportunity to view the site using the old (well, current for now) control panel.

Release of the new control panel is on schedule for release in the last half of June 2009.

Repository overview showing colour coded repositories, head revision number, time of last commit, last user and size of repository.

Repository detail page, showing label colour chooser (changes colour of heading and some other page assets depending on which page you are on).

Repository detail shows log message, commiter and a count of the files in the changeset. Clicking the number drops down details of the changeset which will ultimately hyperlink to the repository browse/diff feature.

The page also includes and option to stream commit information (useful on active projects with multiple commiters).

Security page. We spent a lot of time on this page trying to make it as intuitive as possible. The screenshot shows two securable resources (Subversion repository and associated Trac instance). Users are added to the root of the resources and their permissions configured from there. We will also be adding the ability to set advanced permissions on folders within your subversion repository. In this case there will be the added dimension of inherited permissions to display.

The screen shot also shows the repository drop down menu allowing quick changing between repositories.

Server Upgrade to Subversion 1.6.1

2009-05-06T16:57:00.005+01:00

The latest version of Subversion (1.6.1) is now available on our servers. This provides a number of new features which myVersionControl customers may now take advantage of.

We have not automatically upgraded your repository to the latest version. This is because it may lead to the repository being innaccessible to your older subversion tools. You repository will work fine without upgrading but in order to take advantage of the latest 1.6.1 features you will need to upgrade both your client and repository.

Upgrading your repository is very simple. Go to your project admin page in the control panel, choose a project and select "Project Resources". Choose the upgrade option (see picture) and click Update. You are now upgraded!

New repositories are automatically created as version 1.6.1.

OpenID integration on schedule

2009-03-23T12:51:00.008Z

For the last 3 weeks we have been working on integrating openID into myVersionControl's authentication systems.

There have been several hurdles to overcome to ensure that the functionality integrates seamlessly and does not interfere with our existing authentication systems. As always, security and privacy of your repositories is of the utmost importance. But I'm pleased to say that we are almost there.

As part of the OpenID integration project, we will also be phasing out the .htaccess authentication method we have been using for control panel access in favour of a more user friendly forms authentication process.

Stop Press
OpenID authentication will be released along with the control panel upgrade which is scheduled for mid to late June 2009.

PayPal subscription payments imminent

2009-03-13T21:50:00.010Z

We're just putting the finishing touches to the new PayPal subscription engine. This has been on our ToDo list ever since we introduced the 50meg account. We've had numerous emails from subscribers who would rather use a payment service provider like PayPal when dealing with small subscription amounts, rather than using their credit or debit cards.

It was an interesting challenge to integrate PayPal into the current subscription workflow. We needed to be mindful that subscribers could be changing from paying by card to PayPal or vice-versa so obviously we wanted to avoid double charging. myVersionControl accepts payments in 3 currencies (USD, EUR and GBP) so this added an extra level of complexity too.

What we came up with was rather simple in the end. First we have the Account Home page which details your last and next payment, along with your chosen payment method and an option to change it:
The payment details page shows the account you are paying your subscription from, whether that be your PayPal or Debit/Credit card.

You then have an opportunity to add credit or debit card details. If you are just looking to upgrade and stick with PayPal as your subscription method, then any one of the package options on the upgrade tab will take you to the relevant PayPal subscription page.

I want to say a bit on the look and feel of the UI at the moment. It was tempting while putting in the PayPal subscription engine to freshen up these pages - but have you ever heard the expression about putting lipstick on a pig?

We've already embarked on a complete overhaul of the look, feel and functionality of the control panel. It's all part of a wider plan we're working to. So we decided the goal here was to get the engine right so it could be ported to the new interface without too much rework and offer the PayPal subscription functionality in a way that fits with the (dated) UI we have on offer at the moment.

The new PayPal subscription service is due for release on Monday 16th March 2009.

Automatic backups dropped for free accounts.

2008-09-17T15:42:00.004+01:00

Due to the extreme popularity of myVersionControl we have made the business decision to focus our automatic backup technology on paid accounts. From week beginning 22nd September 2008 we will no longer make automatic nightly backups of free accounts. All paid accounts will operate without interruption. All users may make live backups of their code at any time.

Invoices available for download.

2008-06-30T17:17:00.001+01:00

We have added functionality to enable users to download all their invoices direct from their control panel. These will shortly include a VAT number for UK based companies to reclaim the VAT component of their subscription.

Manually created backups now deletable.

2008-04-10T17:16:00.001+01:00

myVersionControl firmly believes that code entrusted with us should be available at all times to the owners. We have always had a facility for our customers to create real time backups of their code and download them in standard dump format for maximum portability. We have now added a clear feature so that you may save the space.
Shortly we will be adding some very exciting features to the download functionality giving customers maximum security and peace of mind.

Uptime statistics now updated daily.

2008-04-08T17:15:00.001+01:00

Uptime statistics have been modified to report daily rather than weekly in order to give a more accurate and timely view of the level of service.

Animated tutorials now available.

2007-11-26T17:13:00.001Z

Around 20% of people who sign up on myVersionControl never activate their account. There are several possible reasons for this, but in the main, spam catchers and a less than clear 'getting started' guide are to blame. In order to increase the number of users successfully signing up and actively using their accounts, we have made two changes to the website. The first is to get rid of the requirement to authenticate your email address. We've mulled over the security implications of these and we're happy that they are negligible. If for any reason, we are proved wrong, we can switch it back on instantly. Secondly, we have begun a radical overhaul of the support section. We are now including animated tutorials and walk through's in the getting started section of myVersionControl in the hope that the time it takes new users to get up to speed with the service will be greatly reduced.

Oh, and before you go, our developers are itching to try out their Ajax skills on the control panel, so you can expect some exciting new developments there soon too!

Uptime statistics published.

2007-11-21T17:11:00.001Z

One important aspect of being the best subversion host on the internet is guaranteed uptime. Ever since myVersionControl started serving repositories in 2006 we have had our uptime professionally monitored. You can now view this essential data on our uptime page.

Regular maintenance window update.

2007-09-23T17:10:00.000+01:00

We would like to inform our customers of a new regular maintenance window. This is to make sure that myVersionControl maintains its position as the very best version control and project management tool on the Internet. Until further notice we have identified Sundays from 2300 hrs until 0200 hrs GMT as quiet times. During these hours you may find myVersionControl response times slower than normal.

Upload repositories via svnsync feature added.

2007-04-15T17:07:00.001+01:00

It is now possible to upload repositories from a remote repository to your myversioncontrol repository using svnsync.
This capability can also be used to either to initialise a new repository with your current data or as an online backup of your local repository if your master copy is not being held within myversioncontrol. Full instructions can be found in the knowledgebase (see Support).

Planned upgrade to Subversion 1.4.3.

2007-04-07T17:06:00.000+01:00

Subversion has been successfully upgraded to version 1.4.3

Planned upgrade to Subversion 1.4.3.

2007-04-04T17:05:00.001+01:00

The planned upgrade to subversion 1.4.3 will be made between the hours of 2200 and 2400 GMT on Saturday 7th April. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause

Awstats added for client traffic monitoring.

2007-03-15T17:00:00.001Z

We have made available to all users statistical information about the use of their subdomain. This provides detailed information about your users, download amount etc on a hourly, daily, monthly and yearly basis.
As ever myVersionControl lead the way in online version control innovation and functionality at no extra cost to our clients.

Multiple currency support added.

2007-02-04T16:59:00.000Z

4th February 2007 We are now supporting multiple currencies. Users can choose to pay in Euros, American Dollars or UK pounds
We at myVersionControl are committed to offering our users the widest possible choice in all aspects of subversion hosting.

myVersionControl grows at a rate of 5 signups a day.

2007-01-14T16:58:00.000Z

myVersionControl is now growing at a rate of 5 signups per day. This phenomenal growth which has outstripped expectations has been largely due to word of mouth as myVersionControl do not currently advertise.
Our success is due to our easy to use web-based configuration interface, fair value pricing plans and innovative and unique tools and features.

A special Christmas present!

2006-12-12T16:57:00.000Z

Just in time for Christmas we are pleased to announce that myVersionControl has smashed through the 100 user barrier. Thank-you to all our users helping to make myVersionControl the premier hosted subversion service.
Since our launch 3 months ago we have been growing organically at an amazing rate of more than 150% per month. We are well ahead of all our targets but that doesn't mean we will be resting! We have big plans for 2007 with a number of exciting developments including a face lift early in the new year. We wish all our customers the very best for 2007
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

50Mb product released.

2006-11-23T16:56:00.001Z

Following customer feedback we have released a very low cost 50 meg product for those that find 1Gb overkill. There are no restrictions other than that of space.
Current users can upgrade to this account using their "myaccount" option in the control panel.

Subversion 1.4.2 installed.

2006-11-21T16:54:00.000Z

The most recent update to subversion (1.4.2) has been installed on the site. This is classed as a minor update and all your current tools will be unaffected by this upgrade.
This is one of the best reasons for using myVersionControl - painless, hassle free and prompt upgrades delivered by experts! Enjoy....

myVersionControl approaches end of extended beta testing.

2006-11-11T16:52:00.000Z

It is with great pleasure and relief that we can announce the end of the extended beta testing period of myVersionControl. We thank all users who have participated and all the compliments and criticisms we have received. We anticipate full launch this week which will include the full payment and upgrade functionality. We will be implementing a short grace period before requesting payments though out of thanks to our loyal customers.
Look out for the roadmap in the new version which will document exactly when and where we anticipate myVersionControl will be going in future. We look forward to hearing from you with your opinions on priorities!
Finally - thank you for your patience, understanding and help in creating the best subversion host in the world!

Server Upgrade Complete.

2006-10-12T16:51:00.000+01:00

We are pleased to announce that the scheduled server upgrade has been completed. The most obvious change for the user is the installation of subversion 1.4.0 which provides an array of enhancements and benefits including, most notably, "huge working-copy performance improvements". To benefit from these changes you will need to upgrade your client however your current one will still work.
myVersionControl continually seek to provide our customers with the best tools available with the minimum of fuss. We are proud to (probably) be the only version control service to be offering subversion version 1.4.0

Upgrade of Subversion Server to Version 1.4.0 [Scheduled downtime notice].

2006-10-11T16:48:00.003+01:00

11th October 2006 In order to maintain maximum security and to take advantage of new features there will be a planned outage of myVersionControl.com on Friday 12th October between 9pm and midnight (GMT) for the purpose of upgrading/patching packages. We appreciate your patience and remind users that they can continue to work on their working copies while the upgrade takes place.
See the latest features here: Subversion Version 1.4.0 release notes
Once the upgrade is completed myVersionControl will be running with subversion 1.4.0, one of the first commercial hosts to do so. The upgrade is entirely backwardly compatible and your existing clients will work with it. We do recommend you upgrade your client in order to use the latest new features.
Also remember if you have any worries about your data to use your live backup facility to download your repository to your local machine.

Trac has been upgraded.

2006-10-03T03:22:00.000+01:00

We have upgraded the installed version of Trac

Trac is a fantastic piece of open source software enabling you to administer a project through the wiki interface as well as issue tracking and subversion integration.
We have upgraded the installed version of Trac from 0.9.7 to 0.10.0 . See the change log here: Trac 0.10.0 change log

A knowledgebase has now been added and continues to grow.

2006-09-29T03:16:00.001+01:00

28th September 2006 A piece of functionality that myVersionControl has been sorely missing is a rich knowledge base to fully explain the many features we provide our subscribers with.
Rather than re-invent the wheel, we decided to acquire an 'off the shelf' system and integrate it into our framework. After reviewing many of the systems on offer out there, we chose Interspire's ActiveKB for its flexibility, features and the fair licensing agreement.
The Knowledge Base can now be accessed by clicking on the link above in the navigation bar, and is available throughout the control panel both as knowledge base and as context sensitive help.

A free starter account service has been added to our product offering.

2006-09-27T03:13:00.000+01:00

As I was walking to the office last week, I heard a voice behind me mention Subversion. My ears instantly tuned in to what turned out to be a couple of college students talking about how they should version control the development projects they were currently working on. Not being the type of guy to miss an opportunity, I introduced myself and told them about myVersionControl.com.
To cut a long story short, I told them I would discuss with Martin the concept of offering a myVersionControl hosting account free to all students. The thought was that most students would go on to work in commercial development and ultimately purchase a full subscription.
The outcome of all of this is that we are proud to be able to offer to everyone a free and fully featured subversion hosting account. All the features of the pay accounts are available, the only caveat being that you are restricted to a total file size of 4mb.
To all the students at Abertay University - Hope you're enjoying the service, oh and go easy on the beers!

Free live backups now available for your projects

2006-09-23T03:11:00.000+01:00

Martin has been working hard over the last week to implement a new service which will allow you to backup and download your repositories. We had initially intended to offer this as a value added - pay service, but after a weekend meeting, we decided that backups should be a part of the whole service our customers subscribe to. Create and download backups in your control panel at "Tools and Apps"=>Backups.

myVersionControl Launches

2006-09-12T02:44:00.000+01:00

Our brand new subversion hosting service launched today. myVersionControl is run by my twin brother Martin and myself George Beaton and is the product of over 6 months of development. Martin brings a wealth of scripting expertise and is our in-house technical wizard. My skills lie in business development and (OK, not my strongest skill) DHTML and graphical web design and development.
Our aim to be the best Subversion host in the industry. Our strategy is to offer great functionality, an intuitive interface and lightning fast connection speeds at a fair and sustainable price.