VersionControlSystem

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Options for the replacement of CVS

  • CVS has a limited authentication model that means we need to fudge permissions every time a file is updated.
  • Symlinks are not supported
  • CVS is centralised which means that people need to be logged into the cvs pserver in order to use it
    • A decentralised repository would reduce the need for branching when commiting medium sized changesets.
    • A decentralised repository would mean that people don't have to be logged in to change the code, although they would not then benefit from the public_html facility.

bzr

Bazzar-ng will be released with etch and is a candidate that fixes all the above shortcommings

  • Has native windows support

git

Git will be released with etch and is a candidate that fixes all the above shortcommings

  • Renames are guessed based on the contents of a file as opposed to svn & bzr which use unique-ids

svn

SVN is the usual drop-in replacement for CVS.

  • SVN fixes most of the CVS shortcommings
  • SVN is very similar in operation to CVS
  • SVN uses a centralised repository