Bazaar version control?

August 14, 2008 2:25 PM

Have you used Bazaar for version control? How have you found it, esp. compared to CVS or Subversion?
posted by xmutex to Technology (2 answers total)

I've found Bazaar (bzr) to be wonderful. I've used quite a few version control systems, including the currently popular git and Mercurial (hg); none of them match everything Bazaar brings to the table: a great feature set, easy usage, a friendly community, a fantastic hosting site (Launchpad), and continually improving code. Definitely give it a shot, but also check out its "competitors" as well before you settle on one.

Subversion is the current "big" centralized VCS; you should know how to use it, even if you don't use it for your own projects.

CVS is ... garbage. Run screaming from any project that still uses it. ;-)
posted by korpios at 3:40 PM on August 14, 2008

Oh, sorry, I think I somewhat misread your post; I just realized you weren't necessarily new to CVS or Subversion. Bazaar and Mercurial are fairly easy to get started with if you already know Subversion; Bazaar even lets you set up a centralized workflow if that's what you're aiming for (letting you gradually get used to the distributed aspects). Git can be confusing as hell; it has a very powerful model, but it's totally different than anything else out there. It might fit your brain, though, and lots of people seem to love it, so there's no reason not to include it in your evaluation.
posted by korpios at 3:46 PM on August 14, 2008