Em 3/3/2011 11:44, Tamas Rudnai escreveu:
> CVS format is pretty easy to understand plus that is open source, so you =
can
> even have the version control system in sources if you want it. You can
> setup the server of your own or just use it locally (so you are not
> dependent on 3rd party).
>
> Few reasons why a source control is better than ZIPs:
>
> 1. You can have a server, not only a local copy of archive files
> 2. You can collaborate -- so many developer can work on the same project,
> you can merge changes fairly easily etc
> 3. You can create labels and branches, which helps a lot to maintain
> different versions of your software, yet still able to patch them with
> bugfixes or improvements (think as you create a new device and you need t=
o
> customize the firmware for each)
> 4. You can find these patches and other changes easier (if you maintain t=
he
> comments etc correctly)
> 5. You can leave bugfixes in a temporary branch till you code review and =
QA
> done -- that makes the review faster as the reviewer can see the change
> immediately, which source fie is affected etc, and if failed the reviewer
> simply just do not merge it to the live code branch.
> 6. A good source control system only stores changes instead of the entire
> source file -- saving you up spaces
>
> Tamas


I completely agree, there is no reason for not using a VCS.
I work completely alone and use Subversion for all my projects.

Isaac

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