Subversion
Recently I became responsible for the maintenance of the perl Net::DNS module. Since the previous maintainer had moved Net::DNS to a subversion directory I decided to give subversion a try. The result…
I am converted. Haleluja.
What got me going for it is that the on-line documentation describes in a very clear way how Branching and Merging works. After toying around for a bit I learned two things:
- Use the FSFS database
- Have a test repository available to get the hang of it before you start messing with the original repository.
The most powerfull features, and that has everything to do with branching are the "move", "copy" and "delete" features. The only thing you have to get used to are the order(6) sized version numbers you can end up with.
This is Revision 5923235 of this posting
I don’t understand the reaction to the revision number. This seems to be the number one hang-up regarding SVN that I’ve seen, and I don’t get why it is a problem to some people.
I’ve been meaning to switch over to a fsfs database for my subversion stuff. As soon as I get the bedroom back together, I’ll have to do that.