XpVersionControlRoadmap

This page will soon be a useful RoadMap to using VersionControl with ExtremeProgramming.

Right now, it's just a semi-ordered list of version-control-related pages. Feel free to add value.

Starting points:

ExtremeVersionControl / ExtremeVersionControlDiscussion

description of using VersionControl with XP

XpVersionControlFaq

covers using CVS and why ContinuousIntegration won't kill you

VersionControl

ConfigurationManagement

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MarcGirod added a family of pages on the general subject of SCM:

• SoftwareConfigurationManagement
• ConfigurationManagementOfSoftware
• ManagementOfSoftwareConfigurations
• SoftwareManagementOfConfigurations

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There are some good practices you can apply to version control. Some work well with XP, others are rendered superfluous by it (e.g. ReviewBeforeCheckin), others are probably incompatible. Similarly there are some XP practices and recommendations that appear at odds with the conventional wisdom of version control.

• CommitEarlyAndOften
• ReduceSizeOfCheckIn
• CheckDiffsBeforeCommit
• ReviewBeforeCheckin some argue this is too heavyweight for XP
• ManageConfigurationBackwards
• FrequentReleases
• SingleReleasePoint
  • IntegrationMachine
  • IntegrationToken
• UseOneCodeLine

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There are a lot of version control packages out there:

• CVS -- ConcurrentVersionsSystem (FreeSoftware)
  • SubVersion (replacement for CVS; also free)
  • MetaCvs (client-side enhancement to CVS; free)
• GitVersionControl
• GnuArch
• MonoTone
• DavidsAdvancedRevisionControlSystem (darcs)
• BazaarNg
• PerforceVersionControl
• SourceSafe (MicroSoft's pony)
• ClearCase (Rational's)
• EnvyDeveloper

• Continuus
• Razor
• StarBase
• MKS SourceIntegrity/TrackIntegrity
• PVCS (PvcsVersionControl)
• TrueChange

• AeGis
• PRCS
• QVCS
• TCCS
• RCS
• SCCS

Most of this list was gleaned from the discussion at ClearCaseComparedToCompetition; it provides some information about how they stack up against each other (and should probably be renamed to indicate its broader scope).

[I just completed a search of page titles for each of the above, and found nothing new. Please do a title search when you add new entries.]

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There are some VersionControlProjects :

• SubVersion
• (others ?)

I'm spending some of my spare time on listing UserStories for an XP-friendly VersionControl system. -- LaurentBossavit

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Here are all the other version-control-related pages I could find:

• ReservedCheckouts
• UnreservedCheckouts
• VersionControlAppliedToWiki
• ConfigurationTool
• SoftwareChangeManagement
• ContentManagementSystem
• TeamStreams
• PerfinPlugin

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ThankYou for starting this page.

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