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Distributed Version Control Systems in the Enterprise

Topics
Version Control,
ALM,
Source Control,
Enterprise Architecture,
Programming,
DVCS,
VCS

Every major Open Source project worldwide has already embraced Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS), will enterprises be next?

Distributed Version Control Systems: A Not-So-Quick Guide Through

Topics
Subversion,
Version Control,
Collaboration,
Teamwork,
Source Control,
DVCS,
Agile,
Programming,
Technology,
CVS,
Mercurial,
Architecture,
Hg,
git,
bzr,
VCS

Since Linus Torvalds presentation at Google about git in May 2007, the adoption and interest for Distributed Version Control Systems has been constantly rising. We will introduce the concept of Distributed Version Control, see when to use it, why it can be better, and have a look at three actors in the area: git, Mercurial and Bazaar.

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ThoughtWorks’ Developers Favor Distributed Version Control Systems

Topics
Ruby,
Versioning,
Java,
Dynamic Languages,
Version Control,
Collaboration,
.NET,
Languages,
Source Control,
Teamwork,
Programming,
Architecture,
VCS,
Agile,
CVS,
Hg,
Mercurial,
DVCS,
bzr,
git

Martin Fowler has conducted a survey on ThoughtWorks’ software development mailing list to determine how some of the version control systems (VCS) are perceived by developers. He also wrote a review of most prominent VCSes comparing centralized and distributed systems.