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		jmclnx on April 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A History of Source Control Systems: SCCS and RCS Really just 2 things: * Tags in the binary which can be listed using ident(1) * If I have a object checked out, no one can check in their changes without talking to me. Most other SC deals with this automatically, but I am old school :) * works nice with emacs, but on OpenBSD the emacs interface is broken, you need to install GNU RCS for OpenBSD :( One thing I really like about git is gpg signing on commit, but on the BSDs pinentry* does not prompt when used from inside emacs, so signing fails when using gpg

RHSeeger on April 6, 2024 [–]

> If I have a object checked out, no one can check in their changes without talking to me.

The inability to lock checkouts is one of the things that a co-worker of mine fought tooth and nail about when we moved from RCS to CVS.

jmclnx on April 7, 2024 | [–]

Sounds like an argument I had too :)

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