Re: What is your preferred VCS?

[Warren <ve3wwg@gmail.com>]

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Thomas L�cke expounded in news:4c518fc7$0$272$14726298@news.sunsite.dk:

> On 2010-07-29 01:18, deadlyhead wrote:
>> Since I trust the Ada community by and large when it comes to
>> questions of robustness and cleanliness of code, it seems fitting that
>> I might cast about for opinions on choosing a version control system.

I realize that I am gradually becoming one in the
minority these days, but I have always used and 
trusted cvs.

It doesn't get in the way and does precisely what
I need.

The only time cvs has ever been a problem is when 
I wanted to rename something and retain it's history.

But the simple answer to that is "don't do that". ;-)

> I use Git for the following reasons:

People who use git seem to like it. At some point,
I need to spend some time making friends with it.  

> 1. _Very_ easy to get up and running. Setting up a Git server is about 
> as easy as it gets:
> 
> git daemon --base-path=/some/where --user=git --detach

I do like the idea of setting up my own 
git server without a lot of fuss- so I need 
to try that. Setting up a cvs server is admitedly 
a pain. But it's real easy now to create projects
with cvs support on SF ;-)

> 2. The documentation is superb (IMHO): http://git-scm.com/documentation

We'll see. My main objection right now is taking
the time to switch over. I have at least another
6-months of Ada05 code to write before it's 0.50
release.

> 5. I feel I can trust it with my precious code.  :o)

This is number 1. I hate doing things more than once. >8/

> Actually this page describes my reasons pretty well:
> 
> http://whygitisbetterthanx.com/

You don't even acknowledge cvs there. Blasphemy!

Warren