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Subversion and Trac

// April 12th, 2005 // .Net

If you are still using Microsoft Visual Source Safe you need to read this badly! I’ve been waiting for Microsoft to release some totally overhauled version of Source Safe. The product has not changed in years and to be honest it really do suck. I have heard from several people that not even Microsoft themselves use it.

I myself recently switched to a superb product called Subversion. Now I can access my code from anywhere and the disconnected model in Subversion (as with cvs) is just great! For users of Source Safe it takes a few hours to get used to the paradigm, but once you’ve gotten past that there is no turning back.

And there is more! If you need a documentation tracker management tool and a web version of you repository, look no further than to Trac! I’ll let the developer describe it for you:

Trac is an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects.
Trac uses a minimalistic approach to web-based software project management. Our mission; to help developers write great software while staying out of the way. Trac should impose as little as possible on a teams established development process and policies.
All aspects of Trac have been designed with one single goal, to simplify tracking and communication of software issues, enhancements and monitoring overall progress.
What is Trac?

An integrated system for managing software projects

An enhanced wiki

A flexible web-based issue tracker

An interface to the

Subversion revision control system

Of course both Subversion and Trac is totally free open source software. If you haven’t tried it, download it today and throw out Source Safe! You wont regret it