What would you recommend as a free source code control system
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would I be correct in assuming that visualSVN is the visual studio plugin?
Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF! Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.
You can also use the Ankh SVN plugin for Visual Studio. Its free, and I like it better than Visual SVN's plugin. You still need a server. Visual SVN also has the server part, which we use here at The CodeProject. Matthew
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I am starting to work on making one of the projects I have been working on open source. What would you recommend as a free source code control/vaulting system- the system does not need to be an online system. (I saw some years back, in the lounge, someone recommended subversion) Thanks in advance
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
There is a free SVN book at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/[^]
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Thanks all for your responses - I have decided to go for GIT (and that's not just because I am one...) - I had a look at the GIT Extensions for Windows and it should do what I want.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
Keep in mind that GIT will require a slight change in the way you think about source code control systems. One biggie is that every local repository... is a first class repository. It can be made to track a remote one, but all your commits go local and you need to push your local to the tracked remote. I used TortoiseGIT for a while until I got used to the command line, and now I only go back to the GUI when I absolutely have to. (And I never used command line for Subversion because I usually prefer GUIs.)
Narf.
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You can also use the Ankh SVN plugin for Visual Studio. Its free, and I like it better than Visual SVN's plugin. You still need a server. Visual SVN also has the server part, which we use here at The CodeProject. Matthew
On server side, you can use also CollabNet SVN Server. I used VisualSVN server before, and then I switched to CollabNet because it has a web-based admin interface (so you can easily use it remotely). With VisualSVN free server, you need to RDP on server to manage the server. If that's a not an issue, VisualSVN server is easier to use (especially in regard of users / groups management and control access) And about client, TortoiseSVN (for Explorer access / integration) and AnkhSVN (for VS integration) will do just fine.
Bogdan Zamfir Independent Software Developer http://www.zbconsulting.eu
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Thanks all for your responses - I have decided to go for GIT (and that's not just because I am one...) - I had a look at the GIT Extensions for Windows and it should do what I want.
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
Definitely Mercurial (TortoiseHg) - way easier to work than with SVN (especially locally) and I have to say it's more intuitive than Git even if they are based on roughly the same concepts.
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I am starting to work on making one of the projects I have been working on open source. What would you recommend as a free source code control/vaulting system- the system does not need to be an online system. (I saw some years back, in the lounge, someone recommended subversion) Thanks in advance
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
VisualSVN for subversion server TortoiseSVN for client side AnkhSVN for Visual Studio Integration
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I am starting to work on making one of the projects I have been working on open source. What would you recommend as a free source code control/vaulting system- the system does not need to be an online system. (I saw some years back, in the lounge, someone recommended subversion) Thanks in advance
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
Perforce is free for up to two users.
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I'll save you wading through the answers: Subversion, Git or Mercurial. We use TortoiseSVN with VisualSVN.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
You were right about the number of answers :laugh: thanks for the three suggestions:thumbsup:
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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I am starting to work on making one of the projects I have been working on open source. What would you recommend as a free source code control/vaulting system- the system does not need to be an online system. (I saw some years back, in the lounge, someone recommended subversion) Thanks in advance
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
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You can also use the Ankh SVN plugin for Visual Studio. Its free, and I like it better than Visual SVN's plugin. You still need a server. Visual SVN also has the server part, which we use here at The CodeProject. Matthew
server is no problem, I am top dog and have free reign to a point at least. I can set up a server .
Let's face it, after Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF! Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.