Kola Oyedeji wrote:
Some of the *major* differences that make SVN (Subversion) a better choice than CVS for new source control projects:Taking this further off topic (;-) and feel free to mail me off list but what exactly does subversion bring to the table that CVS doesn't offer? Also CVS is good (and the Eclipse/CFeclipse cvs support is really handy) but there can be issues with branching when using it on large web projects which have a release in production, on going development/enhancements and you need to apply an emergency patch.
+ it's easy to move, delete, and rearrange files and directories (not the nightmare of CVS)
+ uses *deltas* for everything instead of moving entire files back and forth, so fast and esp good for binary files
+ designed for TCP/IP -- not client-server w/ hacked-on networking like CVS; much easier IMHO to set up for distributed projects
+ easy to set up for web, ssh access
+ very smart about handling end-of-line and other annoying cross-platform gotchas of CVS
and one really big plus -- nearly all of the cvs commands map directly to svn equivalents, so if you know cvs, you can frequently type
svn some-cvs-command-you-know
and it works. So barrier to entry is low.
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Regards,
John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Founder Transitionpoint [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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