Ay, he asked about *alternatives* to VSS, heh heh. My alternative sure
doesn't have many fancy features, but...
WinZip can be opened by anybody with WinZip
Client licenses are pretty cheap, free if you are a cheapskate
Archives are neatly stored in a single compressed file (duh!)
Restoring individual files or entire projects back to their original
locations is easy
Alan McCollough
Web Programmer
Alaska Native Medical Center
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nat Papovich [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 3:16 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Fusebox and Version Control
>
> Yeah, but VSS allows line-item comparison of version history. Open up 2
> versions of the same files and changes between them are color-coded based
> on
> additional code, deleted code, modified code.
>
> Also, search for changes across versions, search for files checked out to
> particular user, "pinning" get latests to a particular version, etc, etc
>
> Nat Papovich
> ICQ 32676414
> "Whatever you do may seem insignificant,
> but it is most important that you do it." -M. Gandhi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: McCollough, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 3:48 PM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: RE: Fusebox and Version Control
>
>
> Yeah, I've got a darn cheap alternative. WinZip.
>
> Lets say I'm working on a project called Squid, and its in its own
> directory, "squid", with all the subdirectories within it.
> Every day I create a Zip file of the Squid directory, with the "recurse
> subdirectories" option, and name the file something like "squid_28JULY00",
> "squid_29JULY00" and so on.
>
> This works great; I've been able to successfully roll back large chunks of
> code to "the last time it worked" when something has gone nuts and its not
> an obvious fix.
>
>
> Alan McCollough
> Web Programmer
> Alaska Native Medical Center
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Priest [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 6:09 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Fusebox and Version Control
> >
> > Does anyone have any low-cost alternatives (or just alternatives period)
> -
> >
> > not to knock VSS - I'm just curious what else is out there.
> >
> > I like Steve's comment that this should be used by single users as well
> > (not that I have ever blown away something important and had to chew
> > myself
> > out afterwards)
> >
> > jim
> >
> > At 03:29 PM 7/27/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> > >Absolutely. I use it integrated with Studio's projects and it works
> > >flawlessly (well, once it's setup). Understand that source control is
> >
> >
> >
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