[Techtalk] Version Control for Docs?

[Rasjid Wilcox]

On Wednesday 02 June 2004 13:06, nicole wrote:
> At 18:27 on Jun 1, Cynthia Kiser shook the earth with:
> >
> > cvs checkout -r HEAD /repository/path/to/documentation/files/filename.doc
>
> Thanks, it hadn't occurred to me, but I've done just that before.
>
> I think my engineers have just been spoiled by the VSS interface -- you
> browse the tree, click to download, click to check out, click to check in.
> WinCVS works great if you have the entire repository, but you have to
> download all of the files to get the full tree structure.

I'm not at work at the moment, so can't check if SmartCVS has the feature you 
want, but as a GUI front-end to CVS, I have not found a better tool.

It is Java based, so runs anywhere Java does.  Uses swing, and has the usual 
'not-quite-so-snappy' feel that all swing apps I've tried have.  But other 
than that it is great. It's interface is very well designed.

It is not open-source - it is shareware, with a free feature-limited version, 
and a low cost full-featured version.

Cheers,

Rasjid.

PS.  I am just a happy user of SmartCVS.  But I am also planning to look into 
Subversion (when I get the time...).

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Rasjid Wilcox
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http://www.openminddev.net