Ask YC: which subversion client do you like most

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by ozzieg • 18 years ago

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I have tried several variants recently, and don't enjoy them. I am looking for advice and the strengths of those you use.

bayareaguy3• 18 years ago

command-line svn and Trac web interface gets the job done.

That said, I'm probably going to switch to mercurial or fossil for the next project.

ozzieg• 18 years ago

Do you find those tools solid to control your project ?

I keep comparing everything back to Perforce and nothing seems to be as good.

bayareaguy3• 18 years ago

From a "control" perspective Perforce gets a lot of things right. It's fast, efficient and easy to maintain. It's also a big hit with nosy managers since they can easily limit what any developer can see and also tell exactly what each developer has checked out. Keeping all the metadata at the server has it's advantages.

I believe Perforce's customers include both Google and Microsoft. They must be doing something right.

That said, I think more and more people need to deal with multiple projects at once where there isn't a single central policy. Distributed VCS systems really shine as "control" becomes less important.

hbien• 18 years ago

same here, I've switched a few projects over to mercurial already and Trac supports it pretty well too

bayareaguy3• 18 years ago

Have you seen any companies offering hosted mercurial?

jawngee• 18 years ago

OSX: Subclipse, SVNX and the finder SVN Plugin. Sometimes command line.

Thinking about moving to git as well.

On windows, TortoiseSVN is the bomb.

aschobel• 18 years ago

The client built into IntelliJ is nice if you grok Java. They also have a Local History that lets you track every minor change, not just changes between commits.

vikas5678• 18 years ago

On windows, Tortoise SVN and the eclipse plug in. On Unix, I just use the command line.

PStamatiou• 18 years ago

I prefer the command line regardless of os. I've tinkered with OS X SCPlugin a bit though

kirubakaran• 18 years ago

Kinda off topic, but how about moving to git? I love it.

a-priori• 18 years ago

Count me in on the git crowd. Having tried most of the distributed source control systems out there (hg, mtn, darcs, arch), I have to say git is my favourite. I've been using it daily for about 3 months now.

hydrbyz• 18 years ago

While, as a devout Ocamlist, I don't much like Python, Git's code is indeed a Torvalds-style mess with an unholy mixture of C, shell scripts and even bits of Perl. Now it certainly has innovative concepts but writing a complex app like this in C is not a good idea. A HLL would have been safer, and for performance-critical parts, you can still use C, as in Mercurial. Actually, Mercurial's code is rather clean, a bunch of Python files, plus two C stubs. Also, Git doesn't, understandably, work well under Windows. I would consider this an advantage but my bosses insist on shipping Windows software for some strange reason.

mechanical_fish• 18 years ago

Funny, my answer to the original question is "git-svn".

It has been working great for me. See the guide here:

http://tsunanet.blogspot.com/2007/07/learning-git-svn-in-5mi...

michaelr• 18 years ago

On Windows I'm using a combination of TortoiseSVN [1] for general use and Subclipse [2] for Eclipse based projects.

[1] http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/

[2] http://subclipse.tigris.org/

dous• 18 years ago

On Linux and Mac OS, I use the command-line. On Windows, TortoiseSVN is probably the best choice, IMHO.

fendale• 18 years ago

Command line works for me. I have done some tinkering with TortiseSVN but I am generally not on Windows, so the command line is the most common.

kashif• 18 years ago

Write some scripts (batch files).

brlewis• 18 years ago

vc-mode in emacs

axod• 18 years ago

svn command line, why would you need anything else?

wlievens• 18 years ago

Subclipse is really neat.

elad• 18 years ago

TortoiseSVN just sucks. I'd rather use the command line. Actually, I do... For the times you just have to use a GIU, try SynchroSVN. It isn't free, but worth the price IMO.

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