Source Control..

[Pablo2008jedi]

Currently we are using SourceSafe, but an old version I think its version 6 or something. But today our storage has got full :p now we could replace the drive with something bigger and migrate the data (30Gb worth and 100,000's files :p ) Or we may just freeze this and use something else.

We develop in C/C++ and Java, right now SourceSafe doesn't have Java support (at least not our version). We also store compiled resources too.

We will want to host this in-house along with our IT dept for backup, and just wondering what other options are available and what peoples experiences are. We have though of using SVN.

[Antaris Veteran]

At home, I personally use Tortoise SVN, it suits my needs fine. At work, we're using SourceGear's Vault, which has good Visual Studio integration, as well as an independant client.

[ShawnB]

Team Foundation Server is the current Microsoft offering for Source Control and it has a SQL Server backend which could easily handle your data requirements, supports java via Eclipse plugin, great Visual Studio integration, and much more. It's quite costly, however.

[Pablo2008jedi]

  ShawnB said:

Team Foundation Server is the current Microsoft offering for Source Control and it has a SQL Server backend which could easily handle your data requirements, supports java via Eclipse plugin, great Visual Studio integration, and much more. It's quite costly, however.

This could be a good option, we have a full MSDN subscription, I'm sure its for thr team version need to check that out. :rofl:

[sbauer]

Subversion or Git. If TFS is available to you via MSDN, then that's fine. Otherwise, TFS isn't a product that I would spend a ton of money on when there are better (and cheaper) options out there.

[+Nik Louch Subscriber²]

Subversion seems nice.

[James Rose]

  Pabs(Sco) said:

This could be a good option, we have a full MSDN subscription, I'm sure its for thr team version need to check that out. :rofl:

Sadly Team Studio is not part of MSDN.

I've used Source Safe since 95 (maybe earlier) and it's fine/acceptable. (meaning: it'll get the job done) However at my previous gig they used Tortoise/SVN and WOW, it doesn't lock the file when check out, it's merge abilities are wonderful and it works well on the web. If I had a choice I'd absolutely use SVN.

Best of luck.

[Pablo2008jedi]

Visual Studio Team System Development Edition with MSDN Premium

Is my subscription :)

[Commodore Max]

Git is quite amazing :)

[Ricardo Gil]

We use TFS here at work, it's integrated with Visual Studio and Delphi. It works OK.

[Rudy]

  Pabs(Sco) said:

We develop in C/C++ and Java, right now SourceSafe doesn't have Java support (at least not our version). We also store compiled resources too.

SourceSafe 6.0 can actually work with Eclipse (there's a plugin). It doesn't make SourceSafe a better solution though :rofl:

[Andre S. Veteran]

Another vote for SVN. With Tortoise SVN it integrates beautifully in Windows Explorer, it works very fast and intuitively. And it's completely free, no need for licences. I've used it at work and at home, and it's what my university uses and recommends. All my teachers and co-workers think it rocks.

[azcodemonkey]

I like SourceGear's Vault. Its back-end is SQL so you can back your source up very easily, and you can choose between using the VSS method (lock checked-out files) or the CVS method (check out, unlocked, merge).

SVN is also very nice with Tortoise SVN.

[Kaos DComo]

  azcodemonkey said:

I like SourceGear's Vault. Its back-end is SQL so you can back your source up very easily, and you can choose between using the VSS method (lock checked-out files) or the CVS method (check out, unlocked, merge).

SVN is also very nice with Tortoise SVN.

I absolutely love Perforce, however it's quite pricey, but it's amazing in it's flexibility and they offer some of the best technical support that I've ever seen!

Here's some useful info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_revis...ontrol_software

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of...ontrol_software

[grant0r]

My vote goes to Trac

http://trac.edgewall.org/

[Gangsta]

Isn't trac just an svn frontend?

I'm a huge fan of bazaar (bzr), but SVN seems like the de facto industry standard. I've heard great things about git, though.

[sbauer]

  grant0r said:

My vote goes to Trac

http://trac.edgewall.org/

Trac isn't a source control system.

[James Rose]

  Pabs(Sco) said:

Visual Studio Team System Development Edition with MSDN Premium

Is my subscription :)

Color me wrong. I would swear it wasn't coming with any version. Thanks for the update. (see, some people can acknowlege when they are wrong, and others are right)

[nvme]

trac is a ticketing system and a wiki that gives you a nicely web browsable view of your svn repository. you still need svn for the source control. i give svn a +1 but i haven't tried git and from what i hear it's pretty nice too.

[wrack]

We use Perforce and can't even bother to look anywhere else.

[MrA]

+1 for Perforce. We use it at work and it's pretty nice. We've got millions of source files and 10,000+ engineers on a single P4 repository.

SVN is also nice and I use it personally for all my own code and documents.

[Sartoris]

+1 SVN

If you use Visual Studio, take a look at AnkhSVN or VisualSVN as they integrate into the IDE.

[sbauer]

For those interested in Git, Scott Chacon wrote a book on Git, and published it online for free. The book is also available in print from APress. http://progit.org/

[Menge]

We use Git at our company and I quite like it :)

[Catherine Sea]

I recommend SCM Anywhere Standalone.

http://www.scmsoftwareconfigurationmanagement.com/

[AaronMT]

Mercurial hg