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CVS is outdated, surpassed by subversion. Because its large presence, it is still relevant. New projects should not use CVS but use SVN or another tool. Please read the comparison in between CVS and SVN in this article. Please refer to the page on tool selection for more information.
Some interesting stories: Simon Tatham explains Subversion experience
Some source control tools require a server and a client in order to be operational. Others only require a client. Still others work perfectly with a client that works as a local server as well. Please read the article on requirements gathering before deciding. In short: all depends on your set-up. Follow here for client …
Following software is available as a client: Clearcase Git Subversion CVS Visual SourceSafe Subversion, CVS and Visual SourceSafe allow file access to the local repository. For technical reasons, installing a local server on a drive mapping or file mapping on a server is not recommended. The risk on corruption is high. Clearcase, Git, Subversion and …
For a server, the most common platform should be Linux. It is stable, fast, easy, secured, does not require expensive machines and the free options are valid choices for all kinds of businesses. I see no single benefit for installing Windows for a server. Most of the time, after the initial set-up of the source …
People are using following systems: CVS 12,6% Git/GitHub 6,8% IBM Rational ClearCase 2,8% IBM Rational Team Concert 0,9% IBM Rational Telelogic Synergy Suite 0,2% Mercurial 3,0% Microsoft Team Foundation Server 0,8% Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 1,6% Perforce 3,0% Subversion 58,3% None – I don’t use a source code management system 5,6% Don’t know 1,4% Other (specify) …
CVS, Visual SourceSafe, … Given these tools are outdated, no longer supported, and more or less obsolete, no further details are given. Search this site by typing cvs or sourcesafe in the search box. I once used those in the past, and no longer do…. (read more) A complete overview of tools being used can …
… continued from about page … In a previous life, I did administrate different repositories in different technologies. Those repositories were accessed by multiple people, and in some cases from different environments and different continents. From this experience, sometimes the hard way, I have developed 2 preferences: Subversion and Git. Both work reasonably well, both …
Following tools are available on windows: GIT SmartGIT, TortoiseGIT Subversion SmartSVN, TortoiseSVN Visual SourceSafe Visual SourceSafe client Clearcase Clearcase client CVS SmartCVS Command line tools are being disregarded because most windows users are not used to use command line tools.
Overview of source control tools: System Project page (external) Market share (*) SVN / Subverison Apache subversion 55% CVS 12% GIT Official GIT site 7% Clearcase IBM Clearcase 3% VSS / Visual Source-safe Microsoft site 2% Mercurial Selenic site 2% TFS / Team foundation server Microsoft site 2% Bazaar Canonical site 3% Perforce 1% One …