Version Control Systems

Comments discuss various version control systems like Git, SVN, CVS, and others, comparing centralized vs. decentralized approaches, historical usage, and recommendations for tools like Fossil or Perforce.

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unwind • Feb 10, 2010 • View on HN

"Most people were using CVS or other proprietary version control systems"?

rhabarba • Oct 24, 2020 • View on HN

Ahh, centralized version control. Such a good idea.

TheChaplain • Jul 22, 2022 • View on HN

Page mentions Subversion, anyone still using that vcs these days?

u801e • Jul 8, 2020 • View on HN

Github you mean. Prior to git, people also did similar things with svn and other VCS software.

3chelon • Nov 15, 2016 • View on HN

What @adrianN said. Some other version control system.

sam_lowry_ • Jul 16, 2023 • View on HN

These suckers badly need version control.

bo1024 • May 2, 2017 • View on HN

How about using version control software such as git?

kchoudhu • Apr 5, 2016 • View on HN

If only we had a version control system that didn't rely on a central hub...

vinnybhaskar • Jan 17, 2013 • View on HN

Does this use some proprietary version control system or one of the many such as Git and SVN?

psv1 • Dec 26, 2019 • View on HN

For version control? Use version control.