Xref: utzoo comp.unix.questions:14537 comp.emacs:6380 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!apple!ames!lll-winken!uunet!ssbell!mcmi!dsndata!wayne From: wayne@dsndata.uucp (Wayne Schlitt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.emacs Subject: SCCS vs RCS under emacs Message-ID: Date: 27 Jun 89 19:58:54 GMT References: <19885@adm.BRL.MIL> <4750022@hpirs.HP.COM> Sender: wayne@dsndata.UUCP Organization: Design Data Lines: 36 In-reply-to: runyan@hpirs.HP.COM's message of 16 Jun 89 14:52:56 GMT In article <4750022@hpirs.HP.COM> runyan@hpirs.HP.COM (Mark Runyan) writes: > >/ mark@ria-emh2.army.mil (Mark D. McKamey IM SA) / 7:36 am Jun 6, 1989 / > > I am currently looking into implementing a revision control program > >for numerous source files here locally. I am somewhat familiar with AT&T's > >SCCS program, but have heard of a program called RCS (Revision Control System) > >by Purdue University. ... > > RCS and SCCS are similar. A quick comparison... [a nice summary of the differences deleted] > To ask which is better is like asking which editor is better: vi or emacs? > The real answer is, you have to decide for yourself. > > Oh, and to indicate my bias so you know where I might have fudged :-) > I'm an RCS (and emacs) user myself. > > Mark Runyan speaking of rcs/sccs and emacs, how do most people use rcs/sccs with emacs? do you have a system to automatically check in and out files and such? we have a large software package that so far, we have never put under either rcs nor sccs and i am not real sure how these systems work. right now we have been getting along quite well by using emacs tilde files and .~99~ files along with copying complete versions into an archive directory. i am very happy with the productivity that we get using emacs and i am not too interested in taking a large productivity hit by using rcs or sccs. i guess i am just interested in peoples experiences/opinions on how to use either of rcs or sccs with emacs. -wayne