there was a thread a while back, but it expired message_topic.aspx?topic=386293

any suggestions?

5/25/2006 5:36:17 PM

sourcesafe for the basics if you are using anything .NET and small scale.

CVS for anything not Visual Studio based.

5/25/2006 5:38:17 PM

I've got a couple links on my work computer which compares CVS and SVN (Subversion). Will post later.

[Edited on May 25, 2006 at 5:51 PM. Reason : .]

5/25/2006 5:51:32 PM

svn + tortoisesvn =

5/25/2006 6:46:56 PM

svn is gay

5/25/2006 6:56:10 PM

what about cvsnt? any other gui recommendations other than tortoise

[Edited on May 26, 2006 at 11:03 AM. Reason : ^ why is subversion gay?]

5/26/2006 11:01:28 AM

Perforce all the way: http://www.perforce.com/

You can have 2 users and up to 5 client workspaces for free before you have to buy a license.

5/26/2006 11:03:42 AM

what makes perforce better than the others

5/26/2006 11:04:36 AM

Those that have used subversion and perforce

how do those compare to ClearCase? Neither have wink in functionality correct? As I understand it, subversion has some implementation of a config spect correct, is this also true for perforce?


^ How big of a project are we talking here? Cvs is probably fine unless you are talking many different users, possibly distributed across the globe.

[Edited on May 26, 2006 at 11:09 AM. Reason : x]

5/26/2006 11:08:32 AM

it's a fairly small project. i guess what i'm looking for is what has the best support (community), easy to use, updated and current features (ongoing development)

5/26/2006 11:23:07 AM

ClearCase is huge and expensive. For a 10-12 developer house we literally hired a full-time resource to maintain ClearCase. I use CVSNT / Tortoise on the side for new projects because its just such a pain in the ass to add new things to ClearCase.

5/26/2006 3:34:10 PM

ok, i'm a little confused here, maybe you guys can help me. i've never done development on a server that didn't sit in my bedroom, nor have i done much with SVN, so forgive my noobish questions

i just signed up with dreamhost and created a svn repository. so now i checkout my code onto my pc and do my development. commit changes and stuff. so now i want to deploy my changes to the live webapp, also hosted on dreamhost. what do i do now? do i export to that directory? do i have to checkout first? i assume i'll have to ssh in to do it, since i won't have tortoisesvn to excecute the commands. what command do i use? thanks...

[Edited on July 21, 2006 at 12:19 PM. Reason : i really have no idea at this point]

7/21/2006 12:18:17 PM

does CVS not work with Visual studio?

7/21/2006 12:22:58 PM

i don't use visual studio

7/21/2006 12:39:02 PM

In that case, I have found CVS with Eclipse to be a very good combination.

7/21/2006 12:47:50 PM

yes, i might end up using eclipse, but i like the editor i use now. eclipse is nice, but a little bloaty

anybody else?

[Edited on July 21, 2006 at 1:40 PM. Reason : .]

7/21/2006 1:35:47 PM

bttt?

7/21/2006 4:15:59 PM

i can't think of a reason why you would want to use cvs over subversion

we used to use cvs in our office, now we are full fledged subversion, it works great

7/21/2006 4:56:37 PM

i AM using svn now


[Edited on July 21, 2006 at 5:17 PM. Reason : that's not what the thread is about now. read a few posts up]

7/21/2006 5:16:06 PM

already told you:

SVN + TortoiseSVN

and if you're using Java:

Eclipse + Maven + M2Eclipse

7/21/2006 5:35:12 PM

Haven't used either, but give them a shot:
http://subclipse.tigris.org/
http://www.tabaquismo.freehosting.net/ignacio/eclipse/tortoise-svn/subversion.html

I personally hate going through the filesystem directly using either CVS or SVN ... too many things it can screw up.

7/21/2006 5:35:19 PM

Just curious...what IDE are you using now? Is it a Java project?

I just checked Subversion. Sounds good, if you do care about directories and stuff. Usually in J2EE projects, the file structure and atomic commits aren't that useful a feature because of framework.

Eclipse is a great IDE if you have 1GB+ RAM on your development machine. I guess you could try to turn off/remove the extra plugins to make it "less-bloated", but it's almost as good as Visual Studio in terms of IDE features, IMO.

7/21/2006 5:59:26 PM

Quote :

"i can't think of a reason why you would want to use cvs over subversion"

That comment sounded somewhat stupid, but after reading

http://www.pushok.com/soft_svn_vscvs.php

I think you don't understand CVS or never used it like it should be used.

7/21/2006 6:09:43 PM