Comments on: What’s the best personal source code management system? http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/ Alex Miller's technical blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:25:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Daniel Jimenez http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/#comment-50286 Fri, 23 May 2008 14:38:41 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/#comment-50286 Make sure to check out <a href="http://osteele.com/archives/2008/05/my-git-workflow" rel="nofollow">My Git Workflow</a> and <a href="http://osteele.com/archives/2008/05/commit-policies" rel="nofollow">Commit Policies</a> by Oliver Steele to give you a heads up about the large potential of git. It's a <i>framework</i> for revision control, not a rcs. Make sure to check out My Git Workflow and Commit Policies by Oliver Steele to give you a heads up about the large potential of git. It’s a framework for revision control, not a rcs.

]]> by: Anonymous http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/#comment-50035 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:44:27 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/#comment-50035 Have you tried CVS.....oh wait, you wanted worthwhile "branching/merging" capabilities. Have you tried CVS…..oh wait, you wanted worthwhile “branching/merging” capabilities.

]]> by: Alex http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/#comment-50024 Thu, 22 May 2008 14:42:53 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/#comment-50024 Thanks all - I'm going to give git a try. Install and initial setup were trivial - still learning how best to use it. Thanks all - I’m going to give git a try. Install and initial setup were trivial - still learning how best to use it.

]]> by: Matt Todd http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/#comment-49941 Thu, 22 May 2008 06:52:09 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/#comment-49941 I would highly recommend Git. There has been a very recent influx of high quality documentation, there's a great community out there with answers to even hard questions (which do arise), and Git has the power to handle even the most difficult problems. But, in the end, Git also can simply behave much like SVN if you desire. There are several good articles on Git Workflows, look for one from Oliver Steele. If you're on a Mac, you may be using Textmate; there is now a Git bundle for the editor and it's similar to the SVN default bundle. Also, GitNub is a great tool for perusing the commits and branches of a repository. Mercurial is also a good product, but I'm unfamiliar with its tool support or its community. I would highly recommend Git. There has been a very recent influx of high quality documentation, there’s a great community out there with answers to even hard questions (which do arise), and Git has the power to handle even the most difficult problems. But, in the end, Git also can simply behave much like SVN if you desire. There are several good articles on Git Workflows, look for one from Oliver Steele. If you’re on a Mac, you may be using Textmate; there is now a Git bundle for the editor and it’s similar to the SVN default bundle. Also, GitNub is a great tool for perusing the commits and branches of a repository.

Mercurial is also a good product, but I’m unfamiliar with its tool support or its community.

]]> by: Christian http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/#comment-49451 Tue, 20 May 2008 17:03:24 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/05/16/whats-the-best-personal-source-code-management-system/#comment-49451 You should consider Mercurial. There is also a nice Eclipse plugin (http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/mercurialeclipse), it's community is very active. You should consider Mercurial. There is also a nice Eclipse plugin (http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/mercurialeclipse), it’s community is very active.

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