Orchard: Full Source or Not?

Question

We're going to be using Orchard as a base for a particular client. We're a C# shop running VS2K10. We'll throw it in our version control system as per the norm for our projects.

That said, we'll be creating custom modules based on the needs of our clients. What approach does everyone here recommend?

1. Get full source from CodePlex and check that in
2. Download just the Orchard web code (similar to Web Platform Installer)

Problem with #1 is that the code base is rather large, but it will allow us to debug the site locally when developing.

What are the caveats with #2? Lack of debugging?

I'm curious what everyone's approach would be for this. I'm inclined to go with #1, get the full source, throw it in SVN, and build off of that.

Thoughts?

Answer 1

If you are going to develop modules using Visual Studio, just use the full source code. Disk space is cheap. Caveats with #2 are that it's immensely less comfortable. Why bother?