Category Archives: Versioning

Entries related to version control software.

Moving (renaming) Files in CVS

Friday, September 5, 2008

Once of the main complaints about the CVS version control system is that it’s difficult to move or rename files as your project structure changes. While you can easily remove files and re-add them under a new name or location, this method loses the precious nuggets of wisdom contained in the file’s history — you [...]

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Upgrading WordPress via Subversion

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

David over at Geeks are Sexy has a nice tutorial on keeping WordPress installations current by using Subversion to check out the latest code directly from the Automattic repository. David’s instructions are much more detailed than the brief steps provided on the WordPress site, and also describe how to check out stable WordPress versions as [...]

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Cornerstone: New Mac Subversion Client

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Zürich-based indy developer Cornerstone, the latest attempt to make the Subversion experience more Mac-like. As Zennaware says, We wanted to make an application which would make version control usable and, most-of-all, approachable to Mac users. As John Gruber pointed out, they were brave enough to commercially release v1.0 without the requisite hype or beta Versions. [...]

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