CVS/Version Control (NOT a programming question)
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Hello all! I saw a post one or two days ago in the Lounge about version control systems and CVS. Does anyone know of any free alternatives to programs like Visual SourceSafe (which is both too expensive and too complicated for my needs) ? I just want something simple to keep track of programming projects I do at home. I read somewhere that CVS can be used to do this, but how do I use CVS locally? Thanks in advance, I look forward to your input! Sincerely, Alexander Wiseman Est melior esse quam videri It is better to be than to seem
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Hello all! I saw a post one or two days ago in the Lounge about version control systems and CVS. Does anyone know of any free alternatives to programs like Visual SourceSafe (which is both too expensive and too complicated for my needs) ? I just want something simple to keep track of programming projects I do at home. I read somewhere that CVS can be used to do this, but how do I use CVS locally? Thanks in advance, I look forward to your input! Sincerely, Alexander Wiseman Est melior esse quam videri It is better to be than to seem
Alexander Wiseman wrote: I just want something simple to keep track of programming projects I do at home. CVS is one of the free version control systems you can use. There are others, but I am not intimately familiar with them. I have a CVS server on my linux box at home, but I have had a CVS server on my Win2k machine previously as well. CVS is a pain in the butt to setup and learn, but is very powerful once you learn to use it. And there are even SCC providers like this one[^] that will integrate CVS into VS and VS.NET! Look at this article[^] for more information on the integration. Check the CVS home page[^] or the CVSNT home page[^] for the actual binaries and links to setup instructions. -- Russell Morris "Have you gone mad Frink? Put down that science pole!"
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Hello all! I saw a post one or two days ago in the Lounge about version control systems and CVS. Does anyone know of any free alternatives to programs like Visual SourceSafe (which is both too expensive and too complicated for my needs) ? I just want something simple to keep track of programming projects I do at home. I read somewhere that CVS can be used to do this, but how do I use CVS locally? Thanks in advance, I look forward to your input! Sincerely, Alexander Wiseman Est melior esse quam videri It is better to be than to seem
If you decide to use CVS, have a look at Tortoise CVS[^]. It adds context menus to Explorer for CVS commands.
"If by 'rough it' you mean a room without a minibar and free hookers, then, uh, we have a problem." -Duckman
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Hello all! I saw a post one or two days ago in the Lounge about version control systems and CVS. Does anyone know of any free alternatives to programs like Visual SourceSafe (which is both too expensive and too complicated for my needs) ? I just want something simple to keep track of programming projects I do at home. I read somewhere that CVS can be used to do this, but how do I use CVS locally? Thanks in advance, I look forward to your input! Sincerely, Alexander Wiseman Est melior esse quam videri It is better to be than to seem
Alexander Wiseman wrote: Visual SourceSafe (which is both too expensive and too complicated for my needs) too expensive - maybe(I get it with my Visual Studio (MSDN)) - too complicated - alas this is probably one of the easiest of the version control systems - I find it too limited and is why I am looking for something better. Alexander Wiseman wrote: I read somewhere that CVS can be used to do this, but how do I use CVS locally? its quite easy to do and will run standalone. I used the WinCVS (http://www.wincvs.org[^]) wrapper which partially broke me from the commandline (but most of the complicated stuff required the commandline :( ) you may also want to look at perforce (http://www.perforce.com/[^]) as it has free 2 user licence
Technically speaking the dictionary would define Visual Basic users as programmers.
But here again, a very generalized, liberal definition is being employed and it's wrong
- just plain wrong - Tom Archer 5/12/02 -
If you decide to use CVS, have a look at Tortoise CVS[^]. It adds context menus to Explorer for CVS commands.
"If by 'rough it' you mean a room without a minibar and free hookers, then, uh, we have a problem." -Duckman
Daniel, Wow, thanks, Tortoise CVS even has a nifty little FAQ question about using CVS locally. Thanks! Sincerely, Alexander Wiseman Est melior esse quam videri It is better to be than to seem
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Alexander Wiseman wrote: Visual SourceSafe (which is both too expensive and too complicated for my needs) too expensive - maybe(I get it with my Visual Studio (MSDN)) - too complicated - alas this is probably one of the easiest of the version control systems - I find it too limited and is why I am looking for something better. Alexander Wiseman wrote: I read somewhere that CVS can be used to do this, but how do I use CVS locally? its quite easy to do and will run standalone. I used the WinCVS (http://www.wincvs.org[^]) wrapper which partially broke me from the commandline (but most of the complicated stuff required the commandline :( ) you may also want to look at perforce (http://www.perforce.com/[^]) as it has free 2 user licence
Technically speaking the dictionary would define Visual Basic users as programmers.
But here again, a very generalized, liberal definition is being employed and it's wrong
- just plain wrong - Tom Archer 5/12/02Shaun Wilde wrote: you may also want to look at perforce (http://www.perforce.com/\[^\]) as it has free 2 user licence Wow! I can use Perforce at home for free!? I've heard a lot of good things about it - I might give it a go. Have you used it?
he he he. I like it in the kitchen! - Marc Clifton (on taking the heat when being flamed) Awasu v0.4a[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
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Shaun Wilde wrote: you may also want to look at perforce (http://www.perforce.com/\[^\]) as it has free 2 user licence Wow! I can use Perforce at home for free!? I've heard a lot of good things about it - I might give it a go. Have you used it?
he he he. I like it in the kitchen! - Marc Clifton (on taking the heat when being flamed) Awasu v0.4a[^]: A free RSS reader with support for Code Project.
Taka Muraoka wrote: Have you used it? I am in the process of looking at it as well as some of the alternatives - but what gets me is that some are so expensive. eg a single clearcase licence costs more than my 2 year MSDN Universal subsription
Technically speaking the dictionary would define Visual Basic users as programmers.
But here again, a very generalized, liberal definition is being employed and it's wrong
- just plain wrong - Tom Archer 5/12/02