Package gate.versioning.cmdline

A thin layer on top of version control systems like CVS and SVN.

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Description

Interface Summary

Repository

This is the main entry point for the version control package.

Class Summary

AbstractRepository	Abstract repository implementation.
AbstractTestVersionControl	Tests for version control API.
CvsRepository	CVS repository implementation.
SvnRepository	SVN repository implementation.
TestCvsVersionControl	Tests for CVS version control API
TestSvnVersionControl	Tests for SVN version control API

Package gate.versioning.cmdline Description

A thin layer on top of version control systems like CVS and SVN.

Package Specification

This package provides an API layered on top of systems like CVS and SVN. The public face of the package is the gate.versioncontrol.Repository interface. Only the basics are provided (no support for tags, branches etc.).

The API is a thin layer which is implemented via execution of the command-line client programs for the underlying systems. This has advantages:

• the implementation is small and simple
• knowledge of the command-line program can be reused when using this API

And disadvantages:

• behaviour may vary depending on which implementor is chosen
• only the common subset of functionality is available

Note: the name of the main interface, gate.versioncontrol.Repository, is misleading. It doesn't really model version control repositories, but version control commands. In a perfect world it would be renamed.