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What SVN repos are worth looking into.
I would like, security, privacy, easy to use and free.
I have some code I want to backup and thought SVN could be a good way to go, rather than backup onto disk.
Which SVN could you recommend. I would also like one with a nice web UI and the ability to document the project. It would only be for max 2 users.
Also what is the difference between SVN and CVS?
Thanks
I’ve been using Mercurial and enjoy it very much. You can get a free Bitbucket account and start storing your repos in the cloud.
There’s a really good free video on tekpub for Mercurial and Codeplex. It takes you through all the basics and will be close to how Bitbucket works.
Check out the http://hginit.com link as another good resource.
I was using SVN on my local box to store my personal work but no more. With Bitbucket & Mercurial I won’t have to worry about my local box dying and making sure I had everything backed up….
You could also look into Git. The basic gist I have found/heard is Mercurial is a little easier to work with but not as powerful as Git. However, both are excellent choices.
Bottom line is you can’t go wrong with either Hg (Mercurial) or Git but I would go with Hg unless you needed some of the advanced features which sounds like you don’t.
Learning SVN isn’t necessarily bad as there are a lot of Organizations using it but I would really concentrate on Distributed Version Control Systems instead. They really are the future. 🙂