On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 09:14:22PM +0200, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> > My own version control system is straightforward.  Each time I make a
> > change in the code I save another version of the source file, and the
> > master source file contains a revision note with the rev number, date,
> > author (me) and reason for the change.
>
> I don't see what's the plus over using CVS. In fact with cvs I don't
> bother to include version info in a file unless it is released code. cvs
> allows me to go back to the state at any (checked in) point in the past.
> And it does not store the whole file each time, just the delta (unless
> it is instructed to store the whole file, for files that are not text).
> And I don't have to remember where exactly the backups are stored. And
> no, I don't use a separate cvs server, just a cvs repository somewhere
> on my HD. But I wish it were possible to put it on a different
> partitition, which was not possible with the cvs I use at the moment I
> started.

Another plus of CVS is that you can set up pserver and use it from any
machine in your local LAN.  Check in from the nice desktop machine,
check out on the chip burner old klunker PC.  Check out a copy to the
laptop to tweak code on a trip, at the park (well, hopefully not), etc.

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Nate Duehr <nate@natetech.com>

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