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Need Version Control System recommendation (eclipse/win user)

 
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Hi there,

I�m a bit perplexed with this one and wonder if anyone can assist here.
So...I'd like to use a version control system (truth is that I know nothing about it except that it can show you the code diff, code development)

So basically my questions is this: What type of version control are there and what's recommended.

As for me:
1. I use eclipse (so i'd rather use a plugin for that)
2. I use windows
3. sometimes I work on different computers so I guess I'll need to install it on a server to get the code.

THANKS for any suggestions!
 
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I highly recommend subversion:

- it's free
- it's not hard to set up
- it's quickly replacing CVS as the defacto standard in the open source community
- it has good Eclipse support through thirdparty plugins
- it has good Windows support through TortoiseSvn
 
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thanks.
I'll try that and get back to this thread.
if anyone has any other ideas - please share.

thanks again Ilja
 
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An older alternative to subversion is CVS. While CVS has some significant shortcomings, most of which subversion has tried to address, it's somewhat ironic that the Eclipse CVS plugin does a fairly good job of covering up most of them, but the subclipse Subversion plugin for Eclipse isn't quite as co-operative.

Something that has cause me considerable grief over the years is having to explicitly add files and subdirectories to a project archive. I tend to forget to, then at a critical moment I check out the project and it's missing essential pieces. My mindset, unfortunately, is that the Eclipse project and the archive (sub)project are one and the same except as explicitly indicated otherwise (cvsignore).

Before I started working with Eclipse, CVS used to nail me all the time on that one, but the Eclipse CVS plugin knows what I want and handles it automatically for me. The subclipse plugin, alas, has to be nudged, and I have been bitten as a result.

Of course, if any of the subclipse development team is listening in and would like to take that as an invitation....
 
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Tim, thanks for your post. I'll explore this one as well.
 
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Originally posted by Tim Holloway:

Before I started working with Eclipse, CVS used to nail me all the time on that one, but the Eclipse CVS plugin knows what I want and handles it automatically for me. The subclipse plugin, alas, has to be nudged, and I have been bitten as a result.



Have you tried the subversive plugin? It is said to be closer in functionality to the cvs plugin...
 
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I'll have to check it out. The one thing that no plugin can work around is CVS's inability to handle empty directories -- unlike subversion!
 
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Wowwwwwwwww

That's my reaction to svn+subclipse. I played with both for a while and I must admit that both are a killer. Finally, I can rest and relax with my code. The order, the organization, the simplicity and knowing what's going on...I think I can take a vacation :-)

Guys, thanks for the recommendation!

I read something about trac and wonder if there are other alternatives; if so what do you recommend.

THANK YOU!
 
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Originally posted by Peter Primrose:

I read something about trac and wonder if there are other alternatives; if so what do you recommend.



You should probably start a new thread about that, as its a totally different topic.
 
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Hi

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Thanks.
[ May 08, 2008: Message edited by: Catherine Sea ]
 
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