They are harder to understand if you are coming from a simple  
filesystem one like ss

Sent from my iPhone

On 24 Aug 2009, at 12:24, joshua simmons <[email protected]> wrote:

> I don't think the distributed systems are any harder to conceptualise,
> at least not with a decent explanation. And they are infinitely
> better.
>
> http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/
> http://git-scm.org/
>
> And some other references for git.
> http://progit.org/book/
> http://github.com/guides/home
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Bob Somers<[email protected]>  
> wrote:
>> For the love of god do not use CVS. If you're going to go with
>> centralized version control (which is conceptually easier to grok)
>> then stick with SVN. There's a free book on the web if you're having
>> problems learning how to use it. With TortoiseSVN, I've found it very
>> easy to work with once you have the basic concepts down.
>>
>> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/
>>
>> There's also the distributed version control systems like Git and
>> Mercurial, but those are going to more conceptually complicated to
>> understand at first. I'd stay stick with Subversion. Reading through
>> the book will help you get comfortable with it.
>>
>> --Bob
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Olly<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> SourceSafe is a bit different to SVN, but SVN is alot like CVS (as  
>>> well as
>>> most new version control systems). You should try to get some more  
>>> knowledge
>>> of SVN because its probably the best solution (and sounds like you  
>>> are using
>>> it wrong).
>>> But SourceSafe is horrible, I used to use it at work, and it got  
>>> corrupt so
>>> many times.
>>>
>>> 2009/8/24 DAV <[email protected]>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am looking for a free source control solution.
>>>> I am very used to MS Source Safe (use it at work).
>>>>
>>>> Recently I tried SVN in xp-dev.com but didn't like it. Mainly  
>>>> because of
>>>> not
>>>> being possible to checkout a single file from svn using tortoise  
>>>> and it is
>>>> very confusing (at least for me).
>>>>
>>>> How about CSV?
>>>> Anyone knows of a free CSV server?
>>>>
>>>> I could also use a source control server that doesn't require a  
>>>> 'install'
>>>> since the server a rent doesn't allow me to install software.
>>>> But if the install process is just to copy some files to it then  
>>>> it is ok.
>>>>
>>>> Ideias, sugestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Davide (DAV)
>>>> Email: [email protected]
>>>> Azure Sheep: http://mods.davlevels.com/azuresheep/
>>>> Point of View: http://mods.davlevels.com/pointofview/
>>>> DAV Levels: http://www.davlevels.com/
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list  
>>>> archives,
>>>> please visit:
>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from Olly's SEGA Game Gear
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list  
>>> archives, please visit:
>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list  
>> archives, please visit:
>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list  
> archives, please visit:
> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
>

_______________________________________________
To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please 
visit:
http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders

Reply via email to