Version / Source Control Software - Suggestions Requested

[Peter Boulton]

Hi,

I've tried CS-RCS Pro (single user=free) and SnapshotCM so far. Are
there any others?

CS-RCS Pro comes close but the integration with MS Visual Studio .Net
2003 doesn't work consistently (for me) and it became more trouble than
it was worth.

Didn't understand Snapshop CM!

All I want is:

1) Windows only
2) Single user only
3) The ability to version my source code files and use WinDiff or
equivalent to see the differences between versions.
4) The ability to create 'milestone' versions - i.e. milestone = my
released software application.

Does such a thing exist? I'm somewhat intimidated by CVS and it looks
overkill.

Any suggestions gratefully received!

Thanks,

Pete

 

[djek]

Hi,

I've tried CS-RCS Pro (single user=free) and SnapshotCM so far. Are
there any others?

CS-RCS Pro comes close but the integration with MS Visual Studio .Net
2003 doesn't work consistently (for me) and it became more trouble than
it was worth.

Didn't understand Snapshop CM!

All I want is:

1) Windows only
2) Single user only
3) The ability to version my source code files and use WinDiff or
equivalent to see the differences between versions.
4) The ability to create 'milestone' versions - i.e. milestone = my
released software application.

Does such a thing exist? I'm somewhat intimidated by CVS and it looks
overkill.

Tortoise is very userfriendly, works right out of the box.
The manual is pretty good too.
You don't have to use all the featurs, just checking out and committing
should do the trick.

http://www.tortoisecvs.org/

 

[Peter Boulton]

djek wrote on 02/11/2004 11:27:

Tortoise is very userfriendly, works right out of the box.
The manual is pretty good too.
You don't have to use all the featurs, just checking out and committing
should do the trick.

http://www.tortoisecvs.org/

Do I need CVS as well or is it a single install? Thanks!

Pete

 

[djek]

Do I need CVS as well or is it a single install? Thanks!

nope, for a single user/pc, you can use a local repository.

 

[Thorkild Dalsgaard]

I've tried CS-RCS Pro (single user=free) and SnapshotCM so far. Are
there any others?

CS-RCS Pro comes close but the integration with MS Visual Studio .Net
2003 doesn't work consistently (for me) and it became more trouble
than it was worth.

Didn't understand Snapshop CM!

All I want is:

1) Windows only
2) Single user only
3) The ability to version my source code files and use WinDiff or
equivalent to see the differences between versions.
4) The ability to create 'milestone' versions - i.e. milestone = my
released software application.

Does such a thing exist? I'm somewhat intimidated by CVS and it looks
overkill.

Subversion's Features

Most current CVS features.
Subversion is meant to be a better CVS, so it has most of CVS's features.
Generally, Subversion's interface to a particular feature is similar to
CVS's, except where there's a compelling reason to do otherwise.

SubVersion
http://subversion.tigris.org/

Book about SubVersion
http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

It integrates nicely MS Studio .Net

Regards
Thorkild Dalsgaard

 

[Wald]

Subversion is meant to be a better CVS, so it has most of CVS's features.
Generally, Subversion's interface to a particular feature is similar to
CVS's, except where there's a compelling reason to do otherwise.

Definitely a +1 from me. I switched from CVS to Subversion and things are
simply better and more transparent. Throw in the excellent community
support and documentation and I can't think of any argument to choose CVS
over Subversion.

It _is_ a client-server app, but you can simply use the file:/// protocol
for a single-user local setup. It's actually the same principle that
allows you to use CVS locally, as described elsewhere.

Small single-user tutorial:
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2002/10/31/subversion.html

The perfect Subversion client is TortoiseSVN:
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/. Integrates neatly with Windows Explorer
(just like TortoiseCVS), and is also actively developed with a great user
community (check the mailing list).

Another alternative is RapidSVN, which is kind of the Subversion
alternative for WinCVS in CVS systems.

It integrates nicely MS Studio .Net

True, this is possible with the Ankhsvn plugin:
http://ankhsvn.tigris.org/

Regards,
Wald