On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 10:01:05PM -0600, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > It's really not a matter of a repository version number being applied > to all files in the repository. Rather, think of the repository > version number in terms of a snapshot of the repository at a > particular moment in time. > Bascially, every checkin automatically tags the repostiry with a one-up numerical tag :-)
That is how I think of it to myself. > It's easy to become accustomed the SVN concept of repository version, > as opposed to the CVS system of file version. The concept is > particularly nice when the repository is backed up on a regular basis. > I backup to a set of flash memory sticks which are rotated. I tag the > flash device with the repository version (such as #594), which is the > only version number of which I need to keep track. The concept also > is nice for projects (such as software development) in which the > revision level of the system is of more significance than is the > revision level of the various files which comprise the system. > > I was intimidated by the compexity of CVS; but Subversion was easy to > learn. There is good documentation at http://subversion.tigris.org, > and there is an on-line book by O'Reilly. > The book is a must read and is free (as in beer and speech), so there is no excuse not to read it, other than claiming to not have enough time. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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