From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 17 16:31:06 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1351106564A for ; Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:31:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.36]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75A428FC08 for ; Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:31:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr16.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o3HGUxP4051554; Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:31:05 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4A25ABA9B; Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:59 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:30:59 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Dan Naumov Message-ID: <20100417163059.GA86303@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: version/revision control software for things mostly not source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 16:31:07 -0000 --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. > 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--