On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > Mark Rages wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Gerhard Fiedler >> wrote: >>> >>> 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. >> >> 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. > > Do you disagree? > Of course, the zipped files have all the data. But SVN keeps track of branches (aka copies) and merges. This is useful data that the zipped trees will not have. Suppose for example you find a showstopper bug in your init code, and you need to find which project you copied the file from, and what other projects it has been copied to. SVN will tell you, because it kept track. Regards, Mark markrages@gmail --=20 Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markrages@midwesttelecine.com --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .