[CentOS] Good version control package?

Fri Mar 14 22:46:01 UTC 2008
Amos Shapira <amos.shapira at gmail.com>

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 6:38 PM, Sean Carolan <scarolan at gmail.com> wrote:

> >  I dont really think you can get much easier than CVS if you need
> >  centralized management over a network. If it never gets off the
> >  machine then there is RCS. If those aren't simple enough... I don't
> >  think any of the others are going to help.
>
> Thanks for the pointers, it looks like we will go with CVS.
>

I'd recommend you re-consider SVN. It's as simple as CVS (in terms of
command line ease of use) but also adds important things:
1. Atomic commits (when checking in multiple file changes, either all of
them or none of them will go in).
2. Directory operations (moving files and directories around is as simple as
"svn mv source destination")
3. Branches are a breeze (e,g, "svn mkdir branches/project-a; svn cp
trunk/file branches/project-a")

I don't see any reason for anyone to get themselves into the trap that's
called CVS at this time and age.

(BTW - if you started with CVS then you should be able to move over to SVN,
there are programs to convert the repository).

Cheers,

--Amos
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