DocumentCode
1263074
Title
A distributed version control system for wide area networks
Author
Donovan, Brian O. ; Grimson, Jane B.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Trinity Coll., Dublin, Ireland
Volume
5
Issue
5
fYear
1990
fDate
9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
255
Lastpage
262
Abstract
A distributed revision control system (DRCS) that is suitable for use in wide area networks, is described. A selective amount of replication is used to improve performance. The system was developed as an extension to an existing revision control system (RCS). DRCS runs on various versions of the Unix system. It uses the UUCP communication protocol, but it can be easily adapted to use another communications protocol. The system has been used as a tool to control the source files for a document that is being jointly authored by two persons who are geographically separated by over 200 km. The performance of the system has been closely monitored, and the results of this monitoring will be used to provide ideas for improvements which will be incorporated into version 2 of the system
Keywords
Unix; computer networks; project support environments; software engineering; DRCS; RCS; UUCP communication protocol; Unix system; distributed revision control system; distributed version control system; replication; source files; wide area networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software Engineering Journal
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0268-6961
Type
jour
Filename
62656
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