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Welcome to Geeklog Saturday, May 25 2013 @ 09:33 PM EDT

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Geeklog goes Mercurial

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  • Friday, September 26 2008 @ 08:35 AM EDT
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Ever since its inception, Geeklog has been using CVS as the source control system. We have discussed moving to a more "modern" system (e.g. Subversion) on more than one occasion, but the benefits always seemed minimal. And so we kept on using CVS.

Fast-forward a few years and a new class of version control systems has arrived: Distributed version control (DVCS). These systems come with support for easy branching and merging built in, which allows for parallel and experimental development that can still be merged back easily into the main development line. And a checkout is a self-contained repository that can even be used offline (and changes can be merged back later).

After the successful test run with Mercurial during this year's Summer of Code, we have now made the switch: From now on, the Geeklog repository is powered by Mercurial.

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  • Geeklog goes Mercurial
  • Authored by:LWC on Friday, September 26 2008 @ 09:09 AM EDT
Please update "the Report a Bug" page accordingly.
  • Geeklog goes Mercurial
  • Authored by:LWC on Friday, September 26 2008 @ 10:15 AM EDT
Thanks for the quick response!
  • Geeklog goes Mercurial
  • Authored by:Dirk on Friday, September 26 2008 @ 10:35 AM EDT

There are probably more places in the FAQ or the wiki that need to be updated. Let me know if you find anything.

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