Date: Mon, 3 Apr 100 18:03:43 -0700 (PDT) From: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) To: ben@scientia.demon.co.uk (Ben Smithurst) Cc: kline@tera.com, Ryugen@palaver.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: $CVSROOT Message-ID: <200004040103.SAA16799@tera.com> In-Reply-To: <20000403223351.J85754@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> from Ben Smithurst at "Apr 3, 0 10:33:51 pm"
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According to Ben Smithurst:
> Gary Kline wrote:
>
> > CVSROOT is the name that the cvs utility uses to store its
> > main data files and the RCS <file>,v files. Often, CVS uses
> > the directory /home/<user>/cvsroot for the user <user>.
> >
> > CVS and RCS are worth understanding if you are doing serious
> > project development. RCS is primarily for the signle user or
> > a very few users/developers; CVS (which uses RCS) is for more
> > widely distributed projects.
>
> I use CVS even for my single user stuff, since I find it much more
> convenient than RCS last time I looked. Perhaps I just didn't learn RCS
> well enough though.
>
Given the increasing use (and usability) of CVS,
I think you took the wiser path. If anyone asked me
today which revision control system to use, I'd say
go with CVS.
gary
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