Concurrent Versions Librarian 3.4.14b90 review

CVL (Concurrent Versions Librarian) is a version and configuration management tool for Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server (Rhapsody), Windows and OPENSTEP.

License: Freeware OS: Mac OS X File size: 2070K Developer: Sente, Ltd Price: $0.00 Updated: 23 May 2006

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CVL (Concurrent Versions Librarian) is a version and configuration management tool for Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server (Rhapsody), Windows and OPENSTEP.

It allows parallel modifications as well as branches. CVL is useful for one and for many users.

It helps managing versions of various resources (source code, projects, documents).

Here are some key features of "Concurrent Versions Librarian":
Easy to use interface to CVS most often used commands, including: commit, update, tag, checkout, import, status, log,...
Work Area viewer to quickly check file status.
Recursively computed directory status.
Status , Log, Differences and Tag inspectors.
Interface to FileMerge.app to resolve merges and conflicts.
Multiple repositories.
Easy access to local and remote repositories.
Standalone application.
Offers service to other applications.
Synchronization with ProjectBuilder (not yet available for MacOS X).
No proprietary extensions: repositories, work areas, administration are 100% CVS compatible.
Source code is available.

What's New:
Universal Binary.

Requirements:
CVS 1.7 or greater installed and working on your system. Anyway, you'd better use v1.10: it resolves lots of bugs.
MacOS X  or
Mac OS X Server (Rhapsody) or
OPENSTEP 4.1 or 4.2 Mach (i386, m68k, Sparc) or
Windows with OPENSTEP 4.2 Enterprise or
Windows with WebObjects 4.x.