[RESOLVED] Source Code Control

slindstr

Hey everyone,

 I'm looking for a good source control program that is either very inexpensive or free (preferably free!).  I've used Visual SourceSafe at work and I love it but I would rather not have to purchase it.  I found this site with a bunch of different programs so if anybody has recommendations I would greatly appreciate it!

http://www.thefreecountry.com/programming/versioncontrol.shtml

Thanks
Steve

bubblenut

Subversion is the first one which jumps to mind. Check out their wikipedia page for a nice concise, impartial overview (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_%28software%29)

laserlight

I listed a few for a user who apparently wanted to write one in PHP.

In my opinion, at the moment Subversion is the best of the open source lot, unless you want a decentralised revision control system, upon which the choice becomes rather difficult. I think Bazaar-NG is pretty promising, but the fact is that it is still is not stable, even though that should not be too far off.

MarkR

slindstr wrote:
I've used Visual SourceSafe at work and I love it

You need your head testing.

MS VSS is the single most destructive piece of software ever created. Its ability to destroy source code is unrivalled.

And when it's not destroying your source code, it will

Be very slow
Change Unix format text files to DOS ones randomly
Use up your time which you should spend developing, maintaining the VSS server
Generally piss you off.

DO NOT USE MS VSS FOR ANYTHING. Using no source code control at all is preferable to VSS. VSS WILL WRECK YOUR CODE. There is no workaround.

but I would rather not have to purchase it. I found this site with a bunch of different programs so if anybody has recommendations I would greatly appreciate it!

Anything except VSS. I use Subversion.

It's worth pointing out, that if you use a version control system, it is very important to use it CORRECTLY, otherwise it's a waste of time.

Mark

slindstr

You need your head testing.

You need your grammar "testing". Moreover, I've never had any of those problems with VSS in the year I've been using it, so I stand by my previous statement.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Steve

laserlight

Moreover, I've never had any of those problems with VSS in the year I've been using it, so I stand by my previous statement.

I have never used VSS myself, but my general impression is that there are two kinds of VSS users in the world - those who have lost data due to VSS, and those who will, if they continue to use it.

You could take a look at Better SCM - Version Control Systems to Avoid.