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Distributed version control? Whu?
Apr. 11th, 2009 11:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
echanI highly recommend a perusal of Intro to Distributed Version Control (Illustrated).
From the intro: "Traditional version control helps you backup, track and synchronize files. Distributed version control makes it easy to share changes. Done right, you can get the best of both worlds: simple merging and centralized releases."
In short -- this is how we have lots of devs, and not just![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png)
mark. It's a bit more work than just opening a file and changing the code, but it's really really useful.
For more information on the specifics Dreamwidth uses, check out the Dev Version Control wiki page.
From the intro: "Traditional version control helps you backup, track and synchronize files. Distributed version control makes it easy to share changes. Done right, you can get the best of both worlds: simple merging and centralized releases."
In short -- this is how we have lots of devs, and not just
mark. It's a bit more work than just opening a file and changing the code, but it's really really useful.For more information on the specifics Dreamwidth uses, check out the Dev Version Control wiki page.
