This is the README file for SVK, a decentralized version control system.
The latest version could be found at
svn://svn.clkao.org/svk/branches/1.0-releng
You need Module::Install if you are not installing from release tarballs.
- About
While Subversion aims to take over the CVS user base, SVK attempts to take over the others -- including people who are already using other SCM systems, and people who had not started using SCM.
SVK is written in Perl, using Subversion's underlying filesystem but provides additional features:
- Offline operations like "checkin", "log", "merge".
- Distributed branches.
- Lightweight checkout copy management (no ".svn" directories).
- Advanced merge algorithms, like "star-merge" and "cherry picking".
For more information, please visit the web site at http://svk.elixus.org/.
- Installation
To use SVK, you need Subversion version 1.0.4 or higher, compiled with Perl bindings support.
SVK uses the standard perl module install process:
% perl Makefile.PL
% make
# make install
- Usage
You may want to start with the SVK tutorial, available on the web site.