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Thread Versioning, SVN, CVS, Delphi, TortoiseSVN, JVCS... What's everyone using?
Tue, Mar 24 2009 12:27 PMPermanent Link

David
I have got to get a versioning system in place.

Currently I use D7 and I don't want to spend a ton of money on a versioning
system.

What are you using and does it do everything you need?
Tue, Mar 24 2009 3:31 PMPermanent Link

"Raul"

Used CVS and Subversion and have been happy with both. Also used SourceSafe
and do not recommend it to anybody.

With CVS or Subversion we never bothered with delphi IDE integration and
used a windows shell add-on to do the check-out/commit/etc right from
windows explorer.

If you're have nothing at the moment then i'd suggest looking at :
- Subverison : http://subversion.tigris.org/
- and TortoiseSVN (http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/)

Raul



"David" <dpuett@mac.com> wrote in message
news:C5EE7DE9.3485E%dpuett@mac.com...
>I have got to get a versioning system in place.
>
> Currently I use D7 and I don't want to spend a ton of money on a
> versioning
> system.
>
> What are you using and does it do everything you need?
>

Tue, Mar 24 2009 6:22 PMPermanent Link

"David Cornelius"
> I have got to get a versioning system in place.
>
> Currently I use D7 and I don't want to spend a ton of money on a
> versioning system.
>
> What are you using and does it do everything you need?

A lot of people in many forums and with many different languages use
CVS or Subversion and like it.  I have had to use it a few times and
perhaps it's my inexperience with it that colors my view, but I really
don't like it--even with the Tortoise shell integration.

I prefer a separate application to manage a version repository, and I
like all the files stored in a database.  I actually use JediVCS with
Firebird as the back-end.  I can backup and copy off-site the entire
database in an automated script, I can run SQL queries against it, and
it is very fast and solid.  I trust over 10 years of source code with
it.

Open source, built with Delphi, works with a variety of database back
ends.  http://jedivcs.sourceforge.net/

(It also has a Delphi IDE integration piece which I don't use.)

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David Cornelius
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Tue, Mar 24 2009 6:48 PMPermanent Link

"Jeff Cook"
David Cornelius wrote:

<snip>
>
> A lot of people in many forums and with many different languages use
> CVS or Subversion and like it.  I have had to use it a few times and
> perhaps it's my inexperience with it that colors my view, but I really
> don't like it--even with the Tortoise shell integration.
>
> I prefer a separate application to manage a version repository, and I
> like all the files stored in a database.  I actually use JediVCS with
> Firebird as the back-end.  I can backup and copy off-site the entire
> database in an automated script, I can run SQL queries against it, and
> it is very fast and solid.  I trust over 10 years of source code with
> it.

This seems odd to me, David - up until recently I have been using CVS
and from memory it has exactly the attributes you ask for.  It is a
"separate application" and has "all the files stored in a database" -
infact you have the option of DBISAM as the daatabase.

Cheers

Jeff

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Jeff Cook
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Tue, Mar 24 2009 6:51 PMPermanent Link

Sean
We use CVSDude to host SVN and use Tortoise to interact with the
repository. I could never go back to the pre-version control days. I
also make complete CD backups of projects from my working PC from time
to time and at critical releases for extra safety, but trust the host to
maintain my repository backups.

Sean

David wrote:
> I have got to get a versioning system in place.
>
> Currently I use D7 and I don't want to spend a ton of money on a versioning
> system.
>
> What are you using and does it do everything you need?
>
Tue, Mar 24 2009 7:17 PMPermanent Link

"David Cornelius"
> This seems odd to me, David - up until recently I have been using CVS
> and from memory it has exactly the attributes you ask for.  It is a
> "separate application" and has "all the files stored in a database" -
> infact you have the option of DBISAM as the daatabase.

Really?  I guess I'm *really* showing my inexperience with it.  I
thought it had it's own file structure, or storage engine of some sort.
Storing it in DBISAM is a total surprise to me!

By "separate application" I meant at the client end.  I don't like it
integrated into the Windows shell.  The interface is confusing IMHO.


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David Cornelius
CorneliusConcepts.com
Tue, Mar 24 2009 7:33 PMPermanent Link

David
Oh man, I was hoping for a fight.  Smile

Thanks for all of the replies.  I'm leaning towards Jedivcs but I like all
of the options people are mentioning.


On 3/24/09 7:17 PM, in article xn0g81q16jd3ayf002@news.elevatesoft.com,
"David Cornelius" <junk@corneliusconcepts.com> wrote:

>> This seems odd to me, David - up until recently I have been using CVS
>> and from memory it has exactly the attributes you ask for.  It is a
>> "separate application" and has "all the files stored in a database" -
>> infact you have the option of DBISAM as the daatabase.
>
> Really?  I guess I'm *really* showing my inexperience with it.  I
> thought it had it's own file structure, or storage engine of some sort.
> Storing it in DBISAM is a total surprise to me!
>
> By "separate application" I meant at the client end.  I don't like it
> integrated into the Windows shell.  The interface is confusing IMHO.
>

Tue, Mar 24 2009 8:19 PMPermanent Link

"Jeff Cook"
David Cornelius wrote:

>
> Really?  I guess I'm really showing my inexperience with it.  I
> thought it had it's own file structure, or storage engine of some
> sort.  Storing it in DBISAM is a total surprise to me!
>
> By "separate application" I meant at the client end.  I don't like it
> integrated into the Windows shell.  The interface is confusing IMHO.

Actually my memory might be failing me - it might have been Free VCS
that I used ...


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Jeff Cook
Aspect Systems Ltd
www.aspect.co.nz
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Joan and Jeff Cook
The Cooks Oasis
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Tue, Mar 24 2009 10:10 PMPermanent Link

"David Cornelius"
> > Really?  I guess I'm really showing my inexperience with it.  I
> > thought it had it's own file structure, or storage engine of some
> > sort.  Storing it in DBISAM is a total surprise to me!
> >
> > By "separate application" I meant at the client end.  I don't like
> > it integrated into the Windows shell.  The interface is confusing
> > IMHO.
>
> Actually my memory might be failing me - it might have been Free VCS
> that I used ...

Ah!  FreeVCS, yes, I have used that.  It was the precursor to JediVCS,
nearly identical in look and feel and functionality.  In fact, that's
what I started with.  Glad we're on the same page.  Wink

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David Cornelius
CorneliusConcepts.com
Tue, Mar 31 2009 8:00 PMPermanent Link

"Lucian Radulescu"
> What are you using and does it do everything you need?

I uesd VSS for a long time and did not have much trouble with it. But
than about a year ago, I wrote my own app, using DBISAM. It prety much
does all I want and the nice thing is if I want a feature ... it gets
implemented next week-end (though I can't remember last time I needed a
new feature)

Lucian
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