SVK
Encyclopedia
SVK is a decentralized version control system written in Perl
, with a hierarchical distributed design comparable to centralized deployment of BitKeeper
and GNU arch
. The primary author of svk is Kao Chia-liang . Like Perl, it is distributed under the Artistic License
and the GNU General Public License
, making svk free software
.
On June 5, 2006, Chia-liang Kao joined Best Practical Solutions, LLC, makers of Request Tracker
(and also heavy users of SVK), and SVK became a Best Practical product.
On May 28, 2009, Chia-liang Kao announced that Best Practical will no longer be actively developing SVK. Chia-liang Kao has continued to develop SVK and releases are published on CPAN
.
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...
, with a hierarchical distributed design comparable to centralized deployment of BitKeeper
BitKeeper
BitKeeper is a software tool for distributed revision control of computer source code. A distributed system, BitKeeper competes largely against other systems such as Git and Mercurial...
and GNU arch
GNU arch
In computing, GNU arch is a distributed revision control system that is part of the GNU Project and licensed under the GNU General Public License...
. The primary author of svk is Kao Chia-liang . Like Perl, it is distributed under the Artistic License
Artistic License
The Artistic License refers most commonly to the original Artistic License , a software license used for certain free and open source software packages, most notably the standard Perl implementation and most CPAN modules, which are dual-licensed under the Artistic License and the GNU General Public...
and the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
, making svk free software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
.
On June 5, 2006, Chia-liang Kao joined Best Practical Solutions, LLC, makers of Request Tracker
Request Tracker
Request Tracker, commonly abbreviated to RT, is a ticket-tracking system written in Perl used to coordinate tasks and manage requests among a community of users. RT's first release in 1996 was written by Jesse Vincent, who later formed Best Practical Solutions LLC to distribute, develop, and...
(and also heavy users of SVK), and SVK became a Best Practical product.
On May 28, 2009, Chia-liang Kao announced that Best Practical will no longer be actively developing SVK. Chia-liang Kao has continued to develop SVK and releases are published on CPAN
CPAN
CPAN, the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network, is an archive of nearly 100,000 modules of software written in Perl, as well as documentation for it. It has a presence on the World Wide Web at and is mirrored worldwide at more than 200 locations...
.
Features
SVK uses the Subversion filesystem but provides additional features:- Offline operations like checkin, log, merge.
- Distributed branches.
- Lightweight checkout copy management (no .svn directories).
- Advanced mergeMerge (revision control)Merging in revision control, is a fundamental operation that reconciles multiple changes made to a revision-controlled collection of files. Most often, it is necessary when a file is modified by two people on two different computers at the same time...
algorithms, like star-merge and cherry picking. - Changeset signing and verification.
- Can mirror and operate on Subversion, PerforcePerforcePerforce is a commercial, proprietary, centralized revision control system developed by Perforce Software, Inc.-Architecture:Perforce is a client/server system.The server manages a central database and a master repository of file versions....
and CVSConcurrent Versions SystemThe Concurrent Versions System , also known as the Concurrent Versioning System, is a client-server free software revision control system in the field of software development. Version control system software keeps track of all work and all changes in a set of files, and allows several developers ...
repositories.
See also
- List of revision control software
- Comparison of revision control softwareComparison of revision control softwareThe following is a comparison of revision control software. The following tables includes general and technical information for notable revision control and software configuration management software.- General information :Table Explanation...