On Mon, 2 Jul 2007, Satish Vellanki wrote: > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 04:41:03 +0530 (IST) > From: Satish Vellanki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > To: twincling <[email protected]> > Subject: [twincling] Which Source Control software is good for us? > > Hi all, > > We are a group of 4 people, looking for a source control software(like SVN, > CVS...) > But we are having trouble in deciding the right one for us.
This can be your starting point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software > > We use this primarily for websites. We want this in such a way that when a > developer commits some files they should be immediately visible on the web. > (We mount the source directory on server as the web application) > Both CVS and SVN save the files in some binary format and hence we will have > to check them out again from SVN/CVS for the changes to be visible on the > website. CVS stores the files in diff'd text format and *not* in binary ! CVS + cvsweb is an ideal solution for your requirement. > > We need some source control software that can save the files on the existing > file system in the original format. I know there is a problem of anyone with > access to this server can modify these files but thats not an issue since > these servers are secured. CVS uses TEXT format and so it addresses your requirements ! In fact that's one reason web developer's use CVS more than SVN. SVN uses db4 backend and supports other databases as well. For your requirements CVS is ideal ! > > I hope I made it clear. Please let me know if you are aware of any such tool. > An open source software would be good, not a problem even if it is commercial. > > Btw, we are using Windows 2003 as server! > You can install CVS-nt + PERL + apache + cvsweb and you are in business !
