...(or are used now) for doing version control using Forths that stored source...in that case would be to version control the files holding blocks. ... are only transported from a version controlled source system on Linux, ... I appreciate that such a version control system might be ultra-... easy to have a new version in front of the old ... the same and differing in version based on the remainder of ...

... keep a series of image files (or to increment the "zero" block in the native version). You mostly just backed up to the most recent one when he had screwed up his ... images in one of my history slots and copying some bits and pieces over. Gah. It's so tempting to speculate; version control is such a fascinating topic...you might have to start a new thread to try and draw off some of the ...

Elizabeth D Rather wrote: We never developed a block-based version control system per se, but we did develop an auditing system in polyFORTH that could be used to compare a current vs. previous version (its primary purpose was to help integrate work from 2 or more engineers, rather like Beyond Compare which we use today). You fed it two starting ...

... in a debate on different version control systems or on the ... are used now) for doing version control using Forths that stored ... that case would be to version control the files holding blocks....> I appreciate that such a version control system might be ultra-... never developed a block-based version control system per se, but ...compare a current vs. previous version (its primary purpose was to ...

... the entire block while tying a version number to it. Pulling the version...as looking up the associated pairs (version and block). This is simple to...in/check-out is necessary otherwise version control is meaningless, rollback is describes.... The *strategy* for retrieving a version is clear in both cases although...slightly different and the multi block version retrieval strategy is also very ...

... is to simply store the entire block while tying a version number to it. Pulling the version is as simple as looking up the associated pairs (version and block). This is simple to implement but will ... choose to implement this. The answer may simply be that nobody had ever implemented version control in block-based systems. That's fine, and if so it tells me that I'...

...interested in a debate on different version control systems or on the usefulness of version control in general. What I am interested in is...or are used now) for doing version control using Forths that stored source... since the trivial answer in that case would be to version control the files holding blocks....> I appreciate that such a version control system might be ultra-...

... are used now) for doing version control using Forths that stored...Michaud In any case, modern versioning tools usually store the deltas...be too space consuming. A version number is associated to each...and the extraction of a "version" involves taking the original file...you to pull a specific version. Rollback is just a question...looking up the associated pairs (version and block). This is simple...

...interested in a debate on different version control systems or on the usefulness of version control in general. What I am interested in is...or are used now) for doing version control using Forths that stored ...in that case would be to version control the files holding blocks. ...> I appreciate that such a version control system might be ultra-minimal and not offer features like ...

... interested in a debate on different version control systems or on the usefulness of version control in general. What I am interested in is...or are used now) for doing version control using Forths that stored source...in that case would be to version control the files holding blocks. I appreciate that such a version control system might be ultra-minimal and not offer features like ...