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There have been quite some discussions on the mailinglist about which version control system to use. They all have their advantages and disadvantages. At least the following have been considered:
- mercurial/hg
- subversion
- git
- cvs
It's useful to take the following points in consideration:
- Is it easy to use?
- Is it supported by certain build systems?
- Can it work together with bug tracking software?
- Is it possible to work distributed?
- Is it possible to checkout a certain subdirectory or file or do you need to clone the whole repository?
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At fosdem2008 it was proposed to start with subversion.