On 19 Mar 2009, John Ferlito wrote: > On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 11:46:49AM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote: >> * Alan L Tyree <a...@austlii.edu.au> [2009-03-18 11:55:51 +1100]: >>>>> Looking for some advice. I have used RCS version control for >>>>> writing LaTeX documents for some time, but am looking at the >>>>> advantages of using a distributed version control system. >> >> Is there any reason why you want to use a *distributed* VCS? For >> personal stuff it's probably overkill, and using a centralised VCS >> will make your life easier. In which case use Subversion. > > I would disagree on that point. Even in cases where something isn't > going to be distributed I would still prefer bzr over svn any day of > the week. I assume the same could be said for git and hg users.
e.g. less hassle to just start using it: $ cd ~/stuff $ bzr init $ bzr add $ bzr commit -m "initial import." instead of: $ svnadmin create ~/svn $ svn mkdir -m "make stuff" file://~/svn/stuff/ $ svn co ~/svn/stuff ~/tmp/stuff $ cd ~/stuff $ mv ~/tmp/stuff/.svn . $ svn add $ svn commit -m "initial import." -- -rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
