Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:59 +0200 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Dan Naumov <dan.naumov@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: version/revision control software for things mostly not source Message-ID: <20100417163059.GA86303@slackbox.erewhon.net> In-Reply-To: <r2ycf9b1ee01004170808w69bea524j450b018e026c3b5c@mail.gmail.com> References: <r2ycf9b1ee01004170808w69bea524j450b018e026c3b5c@mail.gmail.com>
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--zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 06:08:49PM +0300, Dan Naumov wrote: > I think I am reaching the point where I want to have some kind of sane > and easy to use version/revision control software for my various > personal files and small projects. We are talking about varied kind of > data, ranging from binary format game data (I have been doing FPS > level design as a hobby for over a decade) to .doc office documents to > ASCI text formatted game data. Most of the data is not plaintext. <snip> > What would be examples of good version control software for me? The > major things I want are: a simple and easy to use Windows GUI client > for my workstation, so I can quickly browse through different > projects, go back to any given point in time and view/checkout the > data of that point to a Windows machine.=20 For text files, things like rcs work fine. But if you are handling binary files, you need something else. Personally, I like git. [http://git-scm.com/] Since I'm not a windows user,= I cannot vouch for the windows client, but you can find some info at the follwing link. [http://nathanj.github.com/gitguide/tour.html] Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkvJ4kMACgkQEnfvsMMhpyV5HQCfY0wtBfBwzzEQhUBBJkGnKzd3 RyMAoK3cKpK/wd2PPlOvRbPYBdq34QjX =1HQP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx--
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