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Re: new to cvs
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Dennis Jones |
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Re: new to cvs |
Date: |
Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:39:57 GMT |
<address@hidden> wrote in message
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>> i am new to CVS. previously worked on VSS.
>> Please tell me the steps to start using CVS.
>
> Perhaps I shouldn't suggest this on this newsgroup, but have you
> considered Subversion as an alternative to CVS?
No, you shouldn't! :-)
Actually, I use both CVS and Subversion, and there are things I like and
dislike about both. But they are both far superior to VSS in every respect.
For pure source code, ease of branching/tagging, scripting hooks, ease of
administration (or maybe it's just my own familiarity with it), I prefer
CVS. CVS runs on virtually any *nix variant. However, to run a CVS server
on Windows, you need CVSNT.
For source code that includes many binary files, and for its revision
numbering scheme, I prefer Subversion. The Subversion server will run on
both *nix and Windows.
TortoiseCVS and TortoiseSVN provide very similar interfaces to their
respective systems, which makes switching between them frequently during the
course of a day very easy. They are both quite good.
- Dennis