Bret, On Friday 15 February 2002 10:35, you said something about: > Is it that easy to use? I stabbed at the docs a couple of times and > found it rather daunting but I must say for some reason I did not do my > usual install the thing and try it. I guess since I wanted to use it > for our production code and was afraid to screw it up. > > Again, Is it really simple to use? I have a bunch of perl, shell and > php scripts that I really need to keep up with. Production versions > live on a server, web server, and a bunch of machines in the field.
I would not say it is "simple" to get at first. I have seen many people struggle with it when first using it. But once you start getting used to it in even the most basic of it's functionality you'll think you were an idiot for trying to do it another way. I have used it for everything at this point. Even internal documents for marketing and accounting. I also use it for images (PSDs, gifs, jpgs, etc.). Along with PHP, C/C++, Shell scripts (I keep my special server shell scripts in cvs and then just do a log-in and update and my whole system gets what I want quickly and easily). It is so great to have a single resource with a complete log of all activity (use the logs and they will REALLY save you at some point, It is a great source place to really see what the programmers are doing and when and help match up to what you are billing). It also stopped us from having the problem of multiple people on one project always reversing time by overwriting newer files. I also use CVS for each time I am going to modify a config file. I just commit the file when I am done, so if it gets modified and breaks or I am unhappy with it, I just roll the old one out of CVS. That's also nice for historical reasons as well. You can also get graphical clients for Win, Mac & Linux that will all look fairly similar. Check out http://www.wincvs.org . You can get all three from there. The best part for beginning is that you get to see all the commands it issues so you can easily learn what to enter on the command line. Even novices can pick it up quickly using them. There is soooo much you can do with CVS, you need to be using it. There... now that seems like a pretty good plug. ;) -- Brian Ashe CTO Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
