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Versions: a delicious Subversion client
Source code versioning isn't something that usually gets attention here on TUAW. Subversion, the versioning tool of choice, is largely accessed via the command line to check in and out source, however, the people behind Made by Sofa decided that Subversion needed a nice looking client, so they built one. Versions is just entering a private beta, so be sure to sign up if you are interested in seeing what all the fuss is about. Their website is a little light on the details at the moment, but they promise that you will be able to doing everything that you could do via the command line with Versions, and enjoy a nice GUI to boot.What's not to like?
Thanks, Andreas Creten.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Sebastian said 5:02PM on 6-17-2007
That looks really fantastic. Hopefully we will get a chance to test is soon. A nice SVN client is really needed. Hopefully they will even support a Finder integration sometimes. A Tortoise killer would be great :)
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Michael said 5:05PM on 6-17-2007
This is one area that is really missing. the few svn interface apps out there now are really not "great" by any means. Performance is one area that is really missing. Let us hope that Sofa does a good job with this. It would also be nice to see a one-click server installer and update process with the package. :-)
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garion said 5:25PM on 6-17-2007
I just hope they add decent support for merging. As the main 'go to guy' for fixing other peoples screw ups in subversion, I really hope they do this right.
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Angelo said 5:55PM on 6-17-2007
Hopefully I can replace svnX with this.
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Blumenberg said 6:26PM on 6-17-2007
ay, really looking forward for a new svn client on mac os x. besides that: the icon is a rip-off of Coda (http://www.panic.com/coda/) and the logo of 9rules (http://9rules.com/).
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Stefan Pfetzing said 7:09PM on 6-17-2007
Hi,
wow... when do people finally realize that subversion stinks? Only real decentral tools like git, bitkeeper, monotone and co are really good SCM tools.
Btw: merging is one of the easiest tasks for git.
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Stefan Pfetzing said 7:11PM on 6-17-2007
Have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8
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Bratling said 9:32PM on 6-17-2007
Want to integrate Subversion directly into the finder? Done!
http://scplugin.tigris.org/
http://scplugin.tigris.org/screenshots.html
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JiN said 10:27PM on 6-17-2007
@Bratling
scplugin is revving up but it still lacks a repos. browser. Many users which are using a GUI client will require this. I see they finally updated the home page and made an official release. I will definitely check out the new version but I will stick with SmartSVN (Java based but keeps my tech support calls to a minimum)
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Bratling said 8:47AM on 6-18-2007
@JiN
SmartSVN looks very nice; I wasn't aware of it. Thanks!
This prompts me to think that there may be two levels of Subversion users: those who just checkout, update, commit, and those who manage branches. The former are probably well served by less full featured but very easy to use systems such as SCplugin, while the latter definitely need a more powerful tool such as SmartSVN.
The next question being, which user is Versions intended for?
(And, will Versions exit beta with a new icon? Even if it was a totally independent design concept, it *does* look too much like Coda and 9rules. Regardless of who got there first, it's nice to have a distinct look. The use of multiple leaves to represent branch management is a nice conceptual idea, though.)
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pplante said 11:00AM on 6-18-2007
Has anyone heard of ZigVersion? Check it out at http://zigzig.com/
I personally thought it was a fairly nice client. May not be as nice as Versions, but it gets the job done.
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mim said 11:04AM on 6-18-2007
Go Pavão!
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