On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Saifi Khan wrote: > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 10:07:57 +0530 (IST) > From: Saifi Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: twincling <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [twincling] Which Source Control software is good for us? > > On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Satish Vellanki wrote: > > > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 04:41:03 +0530 (IST) > > From: Satish Vellanki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > To: twincling <[email protected]> > > Subject: [twincling] Which Source Control software is good for us? > > > > Hi all, > > > > We are a group of 4 people, looking for a source control software(like SVN, > > CVS...) > > But we are having trouble in deciding the right one for us. > > This can be your starting point. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software > > > > > We use this primarily for websites. We want this in such a way that when a > > developer commits some files they should be immediately visible on the web. > > (We mount the source directory on server as the web application) > > Both CVS and SVN save the files in some binary format and hence we will > > have to check them out again from SVN/CVS for the changes to be visible on > > the website. > > > CVS stores the files in diff'd text format and *not* in binary ! > > CVS + cvsweb is an ideal solution for your requirement. > > > > > We need some source control software that can save the files on the > > existing file system in the original format. I know there is a problem of > > anyone with access to this server can modify these files but thats not an > > issue since these servers are secured. > > CVS uses TEXT format and so it addresses your requirements ! > In fact that's one reason web developer's use CVS more than SVN. > > SVN uses db4 backend and supports other databases as well. > > For your requirements CVS is ideal ! > > > > > I hope I made it clear. Please let me know if you are aware of any such > > tool. > > An open source software would be good, not a problem even if it is > > commercial. > > > > Btw, we are using Windows 2003 as server! > > > > You can install CVS-nt + PERL + apache + cvsweb and you are in business ! > >
Hello Satish: Did the suggested approach work for you ? What was your conclusion on this ? Please share your observation and experience. thanks Saifi.
