Mark Rages wrote: > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Gerhard Fiedler > wrote: >>=20 >> Zipping code manually is nothing really different from using a >> version control system, it's just that the latter provides more >> comfortable (and quicker) to use commands for the commonly required >> actions. >=20 > Well, there is history tracking across branches, interactive merging, > diffs between arbitrary revisions, automated bisection testing... Sure... nothing you couldn't do with a history of manually zipped directory trees plus their necessary metadata. In case this wasn't clear: the out-of-context snip above was replying to someone who said he uses zipped trees instead of repos. My point was that it's the same, just that a repo is more comfortable (and quicker) to use.=20 Do you disagree? Gerhard --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .