bgneal@0: Introduction to Distributed Version Control with Mercurial
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bgneal@0: # whoami
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bgneal@0: Brian Neal <bgneal1@rockwellcollins.com>
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bgneal@0: Started at Rockwell Collins in July 1999
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bgneal@0: Government Systems Programs:
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bgneal@0: - UMS (July 1999 - Spring 2000)
bgneal@0: - Surgical Strike - (Spring - Fall 2000)
bgneal@0: - JTRS 2B - (Fall 2000 - Summer 2001)
bgneal@0: - SCAMP SEP - (Summer 2001 - October 2004)
bgneal@0: - TTNT (January 2005 - Present)
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bgneal@0: Brief History of Version Control Tools
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bgneal@0: First Generation
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bgneal@0: - No networking
bgneal@0: - Concurrency through locks only
bgneal@0: - Examples:
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bgneal@0:   - SCCS - 1972
bgneal@0:   - RCS - 1982 
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bgneal@0: Brief History of Version Control Tools
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bgneal@0: Second Generation
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bgneal@0: - Client/Server networking; CVCS (Centralized Version Control)
bgneal@0: - Merge before commit
bgneal@0: - Examples:
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bgneal@0:   - CVS - 1990
bgneal@0:   - IBM Rational ClearCase - 1992
bgneal@0:   - Visual SourceSafe - 1994
bgneal@0:   - Perforce - 1995
bgneal@0:   - SVN - 2000
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bgneal@0: Brief History of Version Control Tools
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bgneal@0: Third Generation
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bgneal@0: - Distributed networking; DVCS (Distributed Version Control)
bgneal@0: - Merge before commit
bgneal@0: - Examples
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bgneal@0:   - Bitkeeper - 2000
bgneal@0:   - Darcs - 2003
bgneal@0:   - Monotone - 2003
bgneal@0:   - Git - 2005
bgneal@0:   - **Mercurial** - 2005
bgneal@0:   - Fossil - 2006
bgneal@0:   - Bazaar - 2007