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Category: version control

  • Fixing CVS annotate

    Yes, some of us work on projects started almost a decade ago and as such we use CVS (yes, CVS has many limitations and yes, git is better – for a nice introduction see Randal Schwarz’s video about git), but migrating is not directly justifiable (it would involve: training IT staff to be able to…

  • Distributed version control systems – why?

    Some time ago I finally had time to read the Subversion book and felt that all my questions were answered. I tried SVN many years back and failed miserably, but now I’m confident in my ability to use, install and maintain SVN. However there seems to be a new buzz about distributed versioning systems (like…