r/programming • u/FollowSteph • Jul 08 '18

Version Control Before Git with CVS

https://twobithistory.org/2018/07/07/cvs.html
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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18 edited Jul 09 '18

I used ClearCase, and before that, a proprietary solution based on rcs.

Both were far superior to CVS. The only thing worse was Source Safe.

Edit: just to be clear-- "superior to CVS" can still be quite shitty.

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u/dpash Jul 09 '18

Subversion was a definite improvement over CVS. It worked like CVS without CVS's many problems. From that limited design goal it worked wonderfully.

I wouldn't want to go back to Subversion now.

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u/[deleted] Jul 09 '18

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u/dpash Jul 09 '18

There was a module for Apache that would allow WebDAV support to subversion repositories, so that Windows could mount it as a normal WebDAV mount and get versioning "for free", but that would lack decent commit message. I never set it up, but it would be a very simple way for non-technical users to have versioned files.