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You were probably too Microsoft specific in your work environment. CVS is older than most(?) HN posters and had no locking problem. So your pain was not necessa
by BugBrother 12y ago
You were probably too Microsoft specific in your work environment. CVS is older than most(?) HN posters and had no locking problem. So your pain was not necessary. :-(
(The wikipedia says VSS was bought 1995, so the original product might be older?)
- wiml 12y agoCVS was developed in the '80s specifically to get around the locking problem that locking (non-concurrent — that's what the C in CVS is) version control systems had.