both will do although i am partial to SVN for my personal repositories while in the project (due to lack of a more competent resource) i am administering the CVS repository. what the SVN doc basically says is that it is able to track directory versions (rename, delete, addition) while CVS cannot since the history is embedded on the "file object". each has its pros and cons but essentially the relationship you are reading does not have any bearing on the requirement you have.
if you are already familiar with SVN, use it. its one less thing to learn if you dont have the time to spare in using and comparing the two. :) ciao! On Tue, June 10, 2008 1:32 pm, Ludwig Isaac Lim wrote: > Hi: > > Hi! I'm planning to put a certain folder under a version control system. > The > files under the > folder a combination of .sh (bourne shell), .ksh (korn shell) and .pl (perl) > files. As stated in > the title of the email most of these files are not related (e.g. changes to > file1.sh will not > affect the execution script1.pl). > > According to this website http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.0/apa.html : > "In CVS, revision numbers are per-file. This is because CVS uses RCS as a > backend; each file has a > corresponding RCS file in the repository, and the repository is roughly laid > out > according to the > structure of your project tree. > > In Subversion, the repository looks like a single filesystem. Each commit > results in an entirely > new filesystem tree; in essence, the repository is an array of trees. Each of > these trees is > labeled with a single revision number. When someone talks about revision 54, > they're talking > about a particular tree (and indirectly, the way the filesystem looked after > the > 54th commit)." > > Given this explanation and my scenario stated in the 1st paragraph, would > CVS > be a better > choice than SVN? I've used SVN before (but the usage is limited to > check-in,check-out and commit) > and I've never used CVS before. > > > Regards, > > Ludwig Lim > -- "Programming, an artform that fights back" Anuerin G. Diaz Registered Linux User #246176 Friendly Linux Board @ http://mandrivausers.org/index.php http://ramfree17.net/capsule , when you absolutely have nothing else better to do _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
