Reputation: 179
a good software revision control for existing code
I'm sure this has been asked before but my question is a little different. I have these files that I'm working with huge data. Some of the data files are more than 2 gigs. I just jumped into this project and all edits have just been on one file. We also have 2 computers and those files aren't in sync all the time. The code is written in IDL using two different versions of IDL. I downloaded Mercurial but was so confused on how to use it because I want to set up a system where if a file is edited we would know about it can why it was edited. Also so we can refer back to it if our program doesn't work anymore. I heard that you can set up a local server and just access the files through there. Is this a good route to go and which program would be easiest? Thanks!
Upvotes: 1
Views: 117
Answers (2)
Reputation: 2841
See Very large repositories with Plastic SCM
Easy to use, and apparently quite fast. Downsides: May not be free for your organization if you have over 15 devs
If you do install it, I HIGHLY suggest you read the excellent documentation. It will show you how to cloak or ignore files you don't want to check for updates each time.
Upvotes: 0
