I don't have any great answer to versioning within Kicad, but after using git, I won't willingly go back to using any other VCS, except possibly Mercurial.
http://whygitisbetterthanx.com/ -Pete On Apr 23, 2010, at 8:36 PM, acidblue wrote: > Yeah thats kinda what I've been using GIT for. > Just wondered if Kicad had some kind of reversion control. > Doesn't look like it does. > But thats ok, it's still the best free CAD program. > Thanks for all your input. > > > --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Eaton" <sea...@...> wrote: >> >> What I do is to use SVN installed locally or Mercurial in conjunction with >> TortoiseSVN or TortoiseHG. I've started using mercurial due to one of the >> google code project I'm involved with and I find it better than SVN, I just >> installed the TortoiseHG , http://mercurial.selenic.com/ , as Mercurial >> allows you to have a local repository that can be synced to a central >> location. >> >> >> >> At the end of each day or at milestones I check in my work and I can also >> tag my project at relevant revisions, no need to save under different names. >> >> >> >> Stephen... >> >> >> >> From: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kicad-us...@yahoogroups.com] On >> Behalf Of acidblue >> Sent: Saturday, 24 April 2010 12:24 AM >> To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com >> Subject: [kicad-users] Kicad Versioning >> >> >> >> >> >> Is there a way to do versioning,(spelling?) in Kicad, like PCB_rev-a, >> rev-b and so on? >> I know I can just do a 'Save As' and rename the Schematic or board. >> But would like to know if there is a way to have Kicad do it for me. >> >> Been using GIT to keep track of my revs but that seems a bit much >> to me, since i'm the only one using it, great for collaborating with >> multiple users a bit overkill for just one guy.IMO >> >> http://git-scm.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >> database 5054 (20100423) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups > Links > > >
