Difference between revisions of "CVS vs SVN"

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=== Pro Subversion ===
=== Pro Subversion ===
* Support for versioned renames/moves (impossible with CVS): Fingolfin
* Support for versioned renames/moves (impossible with CVS): Fingolfin
* Overall revision number makes build versioning and regression testing much easier: Ender
* Atomic commits: Fingolfin
* Atomic commits: Fingolfin
* Intuitive (directory-based) branching and tagging.
* Intuitive (directory-based) branching and tagging.

Revision as of 11:45, 20 January 2006

On this page, we are trying to collect argument pro and contra both staying with CVS, and switching to CVS. Behind each "argument" is a list of people who agree that this particular argument is valid. We currently have no other realistic choices (since SF.net offers us exactly those two), so I am not comparing more systems here.


Pro Subversion

  • Support for versioned renames/moves (impossible with CVS): Fingolfin
  • Overall revision number makes build versioning and regression testing much easier: Ender
  • Atomic commits: Fingolfin
  • Intuitive (directory-based) branching and tagging.

Pro CVS

  • Lots of people know how to use it: Fingolfin
  • Lots of documentation available: Fingolfin


Contra Subversion

  • ?

Contra CVS

  • No support for versioned renames/moves (CVS repos hackery is not even remotely a replacement): Fingolfin