[R] cvs fpr R

[Steve Lianoglou]

Hi,

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Alaios <alaios at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello everyone.
> These days I am writing some code for a small project. I have started having
> problems with different versions of the files I keep (in case I need to move to
> older files).
> I need some easy cvs platform ( I do not know if cvs is the general name or a
> specific program) that is easy to use. I do not need something that special or
> specific. Could you please suggest me one easy to use for newbies?
>
> I would like to tahnk you in advance for your help
> P.s I use R (cran)

You're looking for some revision control system:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control

It's not specific to R, CRAN, or anything else. I'd recommend using
git or mercurial:

http://git-scm.com/
http://mercurial.selenic.com/

simply because you don't have to setup any "server component" to get
it to work (with subversion or CVS, you do need to setup a "server
component"), and all of the revision history is just kept in the same
directory as your project .. you can, of course, push your changes out
to another cpu/server if you please for extra backup.

CVS and subversion are other options -- if you find them easier to
use, then feel free to use those.

There are plenty of tutorials online for each to help you get started.

-steve

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Steve Lianoglou
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