Re: Setting up a repository


Michael Ash wrote:
> John Holt <jdholt77@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I mostly use Eclipse, and want to have a repository. Even though I am not in
> > a team environment, I like the comfort of being able to go back to previous
> > versions of code.
>
> This is a very good idea. For anybody reading along who does solo
> development without a version-control system, install one and use it!

Strongly agree. Having used Subversion for a year or so on my solo
projects, working without it would feel like skydiving without a
parachute.

>
> > I was thinking that CVS would be a reasonable choice, but I am having
> > difficulty
> > finding any instructions on how to run it on my G5 (Mac OS X 10.4).
> > No network
> > access or multiple users, just one machine and one person. Most of what I have
> > read is about getting connected up to some other machine running CVS.
> >
> > Before I spend more time going through manuals and FAQs, I would like
> > to confirm
> > whether or not CVS is an appropriate choice.
>
> I would highly recommend that you consider Subversion instead of CVS.
> Subversion is basically CVS done right.

Strongly agreed. Subversion is powerful, mature and highly reliable,
and well supported by IDEs including Eclipse and Xcode.

Another poster complains about reliability, but under heavy use by
several teams, with many gigabytes of code managed, I have only
encountered one repository problem: occasional unreleased locks using
the BDB repository format (nothing as serious as data loss). Since
switching to the alternative FSFS format, I have had no further
problems.

> ...
>
> --
> Michael Ash
> Rogue Amoeba Software

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