Re: Version Control Software

Robert Cummings wrote:

On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 09:43 +1000, Ross McKay wrote:

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:42:23 -0400, "Benjamin Darwin" wrote:

[...] I'm wondering if anybody knows of a version control software program that may fit my needs. Basically, I'm looking for something that runs locally, not on the live site, that I can edit the files on the dev computer, and store old versions on the dev computer, and then just publish off of the local onto the live site whenever I need to. [...]

A couple of very easy-to-use ones are Subversion and CVS. Both are very easy to use from a shell / command line, and both have nice GUIs available for both Windows and *nix. Many editors and IDEs will work with CVS directly, and some with Subversion.

While I currently use CVS, I probably wouldn't choose it going forward since Subversion solves many of the problems it has... as does GIT if I recall. I'm still using CVS because it works for me and I haven't allocated the time yet to switch over.

Yeah I agree here. I wouldn't use CVS on any new project. For me the choices are simple: Git or SVN. Which one would depend on the kind of project (binary data?) and the team size/independent working requirements. Col