Re: Begining CVS

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:30:39 +0100, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote: > do you use a visual client > for subversion? No. I use svn from command line. > the reason I ask is that I found cvs a nightmare until > someone pointed me to tortoiseCVS - which is just too easy to use! > And I just noticed tortoiseSVN exists which seems to be the subversion > counterpart...(can't tell if the projects/devs are related or whether > the name is merely a little mark of respect towards its cvs counterpart) > > Also did you step over to subversion out of need for extra functionality > or was it originally down to curiosity I began to use it because I was contracting work from a company who used it. I saw all the things in it that were improved compared to cvs. So I switched at home too. Some things are worse though. Like in cvs it's pretty simple to hide a file: echo 'config.php' > .cvsignore versus the more complicated syntax for hiding one with subversion: svn propset svn:ignore -F 'config.php' . > personally I'm still struggling > with the concepts of branches and tag too much to dive in and learn even > more powerful functionality. Subversion shines here. When you create the initial tree you make the trunk, branches, and tags directories from the start. -- Greg Donald Zend Certified Engineer http://destiney.com/