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Tom Lord <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License: 
Package: GNU arch -- a revision control system
System name: gnu-arch
Type: GNU

Description:
`GNU arch' is a revision control, source code management, and
configuration management tool.  

`arch' has a number of advantages compared to competing systems.
Among these are:

\Works on Whole Trees/ `arch' keeps track of whole trees -- not just
individual files.  For example, if you change many files in a tree,
`arch' can record all of those changes as a group rather than
file-by-file; if you rename files or reorganize a tree, `arch' can
record those tree arrangements along with your changes to file
contents.

\Changeset Oriented/ `arch' doesn't simply "snapshot" your project
trees.  Instead, `arch' associates each revision with a particular
_changeset_: a description of exactly what has changed.  `arch'
provides changeset oriented commands to help you review changesets,
merge trees by applying changesets, examine the history of a tree by
asking what changesets have been applied to it, and so forth.

\Fully Distributed/ `arch' doesn't rely on a "central repository".
For example, there is no need to give write access to a project's
archive to all significant contributors, instead, each contributor can
have their own archive for their work.  `arch' seamlessly operates
across archive boundaries.

Currently, arch is distributed from two locations:

http://www.regexps.com/www
http://arch.quackerhead.com/~lord



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Other Comments:
This project has been approved by RMS as a GNU project.


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