On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Colin Guthrie <gmane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > >> On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 09:43 +1000, Ross McKay wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:42:23 -0400, "Benjamin Darwin" wrote: >>> >>> [...] >>>> I'm wondering if anybody knows of a version control software program >>>> that >>>> may fit my needs. >>>> >>>> Basically, I'm looking for something that runs locally, not on the live >>>> site, that I can edit the files on the dev computer, and store old >>>> versions >>>> on the dev computer, and then just publish off of the local onto the >>>> live >>>> site whenever I need to. [...] >>>> >>> A couple of very easy-to-use ones are Subversion and CVS. Both are very >>> easy to use from a shell / command line, and both have nice GUIs >>> available for both Windows and *nix. Many editors and IDEs will work >>> with CVS directly, and some with Subversion. >>> >> >> While I currently use CVS, I probably wouldn't choose it going forward >> since Subversion solves many of the problems it has... as does GIT if I >> recall. I'm still using CVS because it works for me and I haven't >> allocated the time yet to switch over. >> > > Yeah I agree here. I wouldn't use CVS on any new project. > > For me the choices are simple: Git or SVN. Which one would depend on the > kind of project (binary data?) and the team size/independent working > requirements. > > Col Thanks everyone for the opinions. I'm looking into Subversion and GIT, and hopfully installating one (or both) to test later today. --Ben
