Comments on: Versions Subversion GUI Hits 1.0

By: Linkdump for November 20th at found_drama

Linkdump for November 20th at found_drama — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:00:49 +0000

[...] Versions Subversion GUI Hits 1.0 at TheAppleBlog (see also: TUAW) [...]

By: Brian Warren

Brian Warren — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:53:40 +0000

Patrick, perhaps this would help. It's a few primers on Subversion: Getting Started with Subversion

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:47:49 +0000

Thanks! Is there an introduction in the help for Versions that would give a complete neophyte to the entire concept some guidance, or would I need to look elsewhere?

By: Brian Warren

Brian Warren — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:33:50 +0000

@Patrick:
I use subversion even for projects that I’m working on by myself. It’s fantastic being able to have backups of all the revisions of my project. If the repository is off-site then that’s an added level of peace of mind.

Getting into the workflow is the biggest barrier of entry. Learning the oddities, such as having to “Add” a file after you’ve already created it, and then “Committing” that file after you’ve already added it, is a bit of an uphill trek at first, but the benefits outweigh the drawbacks for sure.

Apps like Versions make this whole process easier. Especially for someone new to the realm.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:32:47 +0000

So would you recommend this for a casual programmer? I play around with writing a few programs for a few hours a week, as something to do after work. Would this be useful to me, or is it aimed at teams of programmers?

By: minority

minority — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:14:17 +0000

The best SVN client as there is for Mac OS X!