Just got done with the 1st half of this tutorial. Wow!
Arch might be the most sophisticated open source version control software out there. It definitely has an extra level of complexity to it (vs CVS, SVN, Darcs). The closest competitor to it might be Perforce. Arch supports branches, changesets, patches, distributed repositories plus loads of other features I’m not sure how to categorize. Arch definitely feels like the complexity is there to deal with large scale distributed development work e.g. Linux.
Where SVN is a natural evolution of CVS, Arch is the revolutionary branch in the world of open source version control. Of the three I’ve tried, Darcs feels the most usable for a single user/small group, SVN if you want CVS with less quirks and Arch is the super scalable version control software.
I’ll keep playing with Arch using the repository I’ve setup. I have a feeling though that Darcs will be my choice for a personal version control system.
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