Distributed source control options
I've been interested in Git, but the last time I looked the Windows support was essentially "run Linux". Are there any distributed source control tools that run well on Windows?...
dvcs
Different Distributed Version Control Systems working together
My office has a central Source Safe 2005 install that we use for source control. I can't change what the office uses on the server. I develop on a laptop and would like to have a different local source control repository that can sync with the central server (when available) regardless of the what that central provider is. The reason f...
Version Control. Getting started...
So I know I need to implement version control, even for just the developing I do at home. My issue is I have read about how great Subversion is for the past couple years. I was about to dedicate myself to learning this on the side. But now I am starting to read about Git being the up and coming version control system. So should I hol...
What is a good Mercurial usage pattern for this setup?
We've got two developers on the same closed (ugh, stupid gov) network, Another developer a couple minutes drive down the road, and a fourth developer half-way across the country. E-Mail, ftp, and removal media are all possible methods of transfer for the people not on the same network. I am one of the two closed network developers, cons...
DVCS Choices - What's good for Windows?
So I want to get a project on a distributed version control system, such as mercurial, git, or bazaar. The catch is that I need the Windows support to be good, i.e. no instructions that start off with "install cygwin...". Now I've heard that git's Windows support is decent these days, but don't have any first hand experience. Also, it...
Do you use distributed version control?
I'd like to hear from people who are using distributed version control (aka distributed revision control, decentralized version control) and how they are finding it. What are you using, Mercurial, Darcs, Git, Bazaar? Are you still using it? If you've used client/server rcs in the past, are you finding it better, worse or just different? ...
How can I get a commit message from a bzr post-commit hook?
I'm trying to write a bzr post-commit hook for my private bugtracker, but I'm stuck at the function signature of post_commit(local, master, old_revno, old_revid, new_revno, mew_revid). How can I extract the commit message for the branch from this with bzrlib in Python? ...
How do DVCSs (DRCSs) work?
I have been hearing a lot of good things about DVCS systems, in particular about bazaar. Apart from the concept of distributed repository, I see two main advantages being touted: the merge is better automated, and the rename is handled right. Could someone please point me at some text explaining how exactly the improvements work? How do...
How to setup GIT bare HTTP-available repository on IIS-machine
Hello/ My build-server already runs IIS to serve 80 and 443 port over TCP. I want to make centralized "push/pull" GIT repository available to all my team members over the Internet. So I should use HTTP or HTTPS. But I cannot use Apache because of IIS already hooking up listening sockets on 80 and 443 ports! Is there any way to publis...
Copying a directory that is version controlled
I am curious whether it is OK to copy a directory that is under version control and start working on both copies. I know it can be different from one VCS to another, but I intentionally don't specify any VCS since I am curious about different cases. I was talking to a coworker recently about doing it in SVN. I think it should be OK, bu...
Which Version Control System would you use for a 1000+ developer organization? Why?
There are many SCM systems out there. Some open, some closed, some free, some quite expensive. Which one (please choose only one) would you use for a 3000+ developer organization with several sites (some behind a very slow link)? Explain why you chose the one you chose. (Give some reasons, not just "because".) ...
Is there a distributed VCS that can manage large files?
Is there a distributed version control system (git, bazaar, mercurial, darcs etc.) that can handle files larger than available RAM? I need to be able to commit large binary files (i.e. datasets, source video/images, archives), but I don't need to be able to diff them, just be able to commit and then update when the file changes. I last...
How to make sure my git repo code is safe?
If our organisation were to switch from a central-server VCS like subversion to a distributed VCS like git, how do I make sure that all my code is safe from hardware failure? With a central-server VCS I just need to backup the repository every day. If we were using a DVCS then there'd be loads of code branches on all the developer machi...
Comparison between Centralized and Distributed Version Control Systems
What are the benefits and drawbacks with using Centralized versus Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS)? Have you run into any problems in DVCS and how did you safeguard against these problems? Keep the discussion tool agnostic and flaming to minimum. For those wondering what DVCS tools are available, here is a list of the best kno...
Locking binary files using git version control system
For one and a half years, I have been keeping my eyes on the git community in hopes of making the switch away from SVN. One particular issue holding me back is the inability to lock binary files. Throughout the past year I have yet to see developments on this issue. I understand that locking files goes against the fundamental principle...
How can I integrate a bitbucket repository with the hosted on-demand version of FogBugz?
I use the on-demand (hosted) version of FogBugz. I would like to start using Mercurial for source control. I would like to integrate FogBugz and a BitBucket repository. I gave it a bit of a try but things weren't going very well. FogBugz requires that you hook up your Mercurial client to a fogbugz.py python script. TortoiseHg doesn...
Build sequencing when using distributed version control
Right now, we are using Perforce for version control. It has the handy feature of a strictly increasing change number that we can use to refer to builds, eg "you'll get the bugfix if your build is at least 44902". I'd like to switch over to using a distributed system (probably git) to make it easier to branch and to work from home. (Bot...
Does Git work in Windows?
I work on Linux all the time and I'm clueless about Windows not even having one to try it, is Git nowadays working on Windows? or am I making problems for my Windows-pals by using it? ...
What do people think of the fossil DVCS?
fossil http://www.fossil-scm.org I found this recently and have started using it for my home projects. I want to hear what other people think of this VCS. What is missing in my mind, is IDE support. Hopefully it will come, but I use the command line just fine. My favorite things about fossil: single executable with built in web ser...
What GUIs exist for Git on Windows
I use Subversion via TortoiseSVN but I hear good things about Git. Are there any similar tools available for Git on Windows? Feel free to answer with tools which still in early development. ...