Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Ongoing Comparison Between Version Control Systems

[Shlomi Fish]

On Sun, 7 Sep 2003, Mark A. Flacy wrote:

>
> I'm curious why you assert that CVS supports file copies while Arch
> doesn't.
>

CVS does not support file copies at the repository level. Subversion does.

> For that matter, what semantic value is there for maintaining a "history"
> of a clone of a file?  It's a new file with a new purpose.
>

For merging and for tracking changes to previous versions of the file?
It's also less resource-hungry, time-consuming and space-consuming.

Regards,

        Shlomi Fish


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