On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 13:12:58 -0500, Muzaffer Ozakca <mozakca(a)indiana.edu> wrote:
I do use CVS but never have time to invest to learn all
uses of it. If I
have to, I will learn how to back up an earlier version. On the other hand,
it's a shame that we don't have a simpler and usable front-end to CVS (or a
completely new versioning system). I used WinCVS before and not very
satisfied with it and prefer doing editing on our linux box.
WinCVS sucks. You really should try TortoiseCVS for if you're using
CVS from a Windows-box:
http://www.tortoisecvs.org/
I'm not a MS person and have a lot of Unix
experience but I would still
prefer using Sourcesafe over CVS (however much it sucks, it's much easier to
use). For example, I don't want to look up a version number to get a diff in
CVS, I would much prefer to point and click in this situation. Getting a
diff and understanding it shouldn't be so overwhelming. The output of diff
on *nixes is still cryptic for me and so I usually do it on my windows using
a side by side diff tool.
Have you tried using Subversion (SVN)? In ways, it's much similar to
CVS, there are just some things that are different. I generally prefer
SVN over CVS, although I do find CVS suitable for some things.
Subversion:
http://subversion.tigris.org/
There's also a TortoiseCVS-'clone' for SVN, TortoiseSVN:
http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
<zap>
- Freso, who somehow became a Tortoise?V?-promoter? o.O Oh well.
Turtles are always fun! =)