[SGVLUG] Revision Control Systems

[Matt Campbell]

Hi Claude,

I use Eclipse to create new modules, makes everything a click away.  It also
has a comparison function that works well enough.  Any other suggestions for
a good WinMerge type comparison tool under DOS (my pet name for any
Microsoft OS)?

Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
> Behalf Of Claude Felizardo
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 11:19 AM
> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Revision Control Systems
> 
> I'm a long time user of CVS.  Started with SCCS when I first started
> on Unix but someone on the project had written shell script wrappers
> so I never learned the actual commands.  A few people here at work
> have pushed for switching to subversion but they could never get
> enough buy-in to get their projects to switch.  A big concern was that
> it wasn't clear if we could migrate our CVS revision history.
> 
> As for starting a new repository or module in CVS, yeah it's a pain as
> it's something you do only once in a while so I always have to dig up
> the manual.  Otherwise most of the time you are using the diff, update
> -n and log commands.  Lately I've been using LinCVS which makes it
> trivial to do side by side color coded diffs with your sandbox or any
> revision of a file for that matter.  It also makes it easier to
> manipulate tags.
> 
> >From the SourceForge page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/lincvs/
> 
> "LinCVS is a graphical interface for the cvs client on Unix, Windows
> and Mac OS X. Besides support of most of the cvs commands, LinCVS
> provides manifoldy graphical support of project maintenance."
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 10:49 AM, juanslayton @dslextreme.com
> <juanslayton at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> > Definitely would be a good meeting topic for me.  I'm going nuts
> trying to
> > figure out CVS.
> > John
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Jason Riker <jasonrkr at charter.net>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Group,
> >>
> >> Anyone done a comparison of revision control systems?  My boss wants
> to
> >> setup Subversion and I'm just wondering if there's anything better.
> We'll
> >> be housing mostly Java/PHP web apps.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> Jason
> >>
> >> P.S., this might be a good meeting topic if anyone is available.
> >
> >