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| author | Yoshiki Yazawa <yaz@honeyplanet.jp> |
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| date | Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:36:40 +0900 |
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%\chapter{Introduction} \chapter{$BF3F~(B} \label{chap:intro} %\section{About revision control} \section{$B%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k(B} %Revision control is the process of managing multiple versions of a %piece of information. In its simplest form, this is something that %many people do by hand: every time you modify a file, save it under a %new name that contains a number, each one higher than the number of %the preceding version. $B%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k$H$O!$J#?t$N%P!<%8%g%s$N>pJs$r$r4IM}$9$k%W%m%;%9$G(B $B$"$k!%:G$bC1=c$JJ}K!$O!$%U%!%$%k$rJQ99$7$?$i!$$=$l$^$G$N%P!<%8%g%s$h$j$b(B $BBg$-$J?t;z$r4^$`?7$?$JL>A0$G%;!<%V$r9T$&$J$I$NJ}K!$GA4$F<j$G9T$&$3$H$G$"(B $B$k!%(B %Manually managing multiple versions of even a single file is an %error-prone task, though, so software tools to help automate this %process have long been available. The earliest automated revision %control tools were intended to help a single user to manage revisions %of a single file. Over the past few decades, the scope of revision %control tools has expanded greatly; they now manage multiple files, %and help multiple people to work together. The best modern revision %control tools have no problem coping with thousands of people working %together on projects that consist of hundreds of thousands of files. $B$?$C$?0l$D$N%U%!%$%k$KBP$7$F$b!$J#?t$N%P!<%8%g%s$r<j$G4IM}$9$k$3$H$O4V0c(B $B$$$r5/$3$70W$$:n6H$G!$$3$N%W%m%;%9$r<+F02=$9$k%=%U%H%&%'%"%D!<%k$,$+$J$j(B $B$N@N$+$iDs6!$5$l$F$-$?!%:G=i$N<+F02=$5$l$?%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k%D!<%k(B $B$O!$0l?M$N%f!<%6$rBP>]$H$7$F!$(B1$B$D$N%U%!%$%k$N%j%S%8%g%s$r4IM}$9$k$?$a$K:n(B $B$i$l$?!%?t==G/$,7P$A!$%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k$N<h$j07$&%9%3!<%W$OBg$$$K3H(B $BBg$7$?!%:#$G$OJ#?t?M$K$h$kJ#?t%U%!%$%k$NJT=8$r$b4IM}$9$k$3$H$,$G$-$k!%8=(B $BBe$N:G9b$N%j%S%8%g%s4IM}%D!<%k$O?t@i?M$K$h$k!$?t==K|8D$N%U%!%$%k$rMJ$9$k(B $B%W%m%8%'%/%H$K$bBP1~$9$k!%(B %\subsection{Why use revision control?} \subsection{$B$J$<%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k$r;H$&$N$+(B?} %There are a number of reasons why you or your team might want to use %an automated revision control tool for a project. $B%W%m%8%'%/%H$N$?$a$K<+F02=$5$l$?%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k%D!<%k$r;H$*$&$H9M(B $B$($kM}M3$O?tB?$/$"$k!%(B \begin{itemize} %\item It will track the history and evolution of your project, so you % don't have to. For every change, you'll have a log of \emph{who} % made it; \emph{why} they made it; \emph{when} they made it; and % \emph{what} the change was. \item $B%j%S%8%g%s4IM}%D!<%k$O!$%W%m%8%'%/%H$NMzNr$H?J2=$r5-O?$9$k$?$a!$<+(B $BJ,<+?H$G5-O?$9$kI,MW$,$J$$!%A4$F$NJQ99$KBP$7$F(B\emph{$BC/$,(B}\emph{$B2?(B $B$N$?$a$K(B}\emph{$B$$$D(B}\emph{$B2?$r(B}$BJQ99$7$?$N$+$,5-O?$5$l$k!%(B %\item When you're working with other people, revision control software % makes it easier for you to collaborate. For example, when people % more or less simultaneously make potentially incompatible changes, % the software will help you to identify and resolve those conflicts. \item $BB>$N?M$H:n6H$7$F$$$k;~!$%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k%=%U%H%&%'%"$O6&F1(B $B:n6H$r=u$1$k!%Nc$($P!$?M!9$,F1;~$K8_49@-$N$J$$JQ99$r9T$C$?>l9g!$(B $B%=%U%H%&%'%"$O%3%s%U%j%/%H$rFCDj$7!$2D7h$9$k$3$H$r=u$1$k!%(B %\item It can help you to recover from mistakes. If you make a change % that later turns out to be in error, you can revert to an earlier % version of one or more files. In fact, a \emph{really} good % revision control tool will even help you to efficiently figure out % exactly when a problem was introduced (see % section~\ref{sec:undo:bisect} for details). \item $B%j%S%8%g%s4IM}%D!<%k$OHH$7$?%_%9$+$i$N2sI|$r=u$1$k!%2C$($?JQ99$,8e(B $B$G4V0c$$$G$"$C$?$HJ,$+$C$?;~!$(B1$B$D$^$?$OJ#?t$N%U%!%$%k$X$NJQ99$rGK4~$9$k$3(B $B$H$,$G$-$k!%<B:]$N$H$3$m!$(B\emph{$B??$K(B}$BM%$l$?%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k%D!<%k$O(B $BJ6$l9~$s$@LdBj$rFCDj$9$k$N$r;Y1g$9$k5!G=$r;}$D!%!J>\:Y$K$D$$$F(B $B$O(B~\ref{sec:undo:bisect}$B@a$r;2>H!%!K(B %\item It will help you to work simultaneously on, and manage the drift % between, multiple versions of your project. \item $B%j%S%8%g%s4IM}%D!<%k$O!$%W%m%8%'%/%H$NJ#?t$N%P!<%8%g%s$G$NF1;~:n(B $B6H$d!$%j%S%8%g%s4V$N0\9T$r;Y1g$9$k!%(B \end{itemize} %Most of these reasons are equally valid---at least in theory---whether %you're working on a project by yourself, or with a hundred other %people. $B$3$l$i$NM}M3$NB?$/$O<+J,<+?H$N%W%m%8%'%/%H$G:n6H$7$F$$$F$b!$(B100$B?M$N6&F1:n(B $B6H<T$H:n6H$7$F$$$F$b>/$J$/$H$bM}O@E*$K$OEy$7$/M-0U$G$"$k!%(B %A key question about the practicality of revision control at these two %different scales (``lone hacker'' and ``huge team'') is how its %\emph{benefits} compare to its \emph{costs}. A revision control tool %that's difficult to understand or use is going to impose a high cost. $B%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k$N<BMQ@-$K4X$9$k80$K$J$k<ALd$O!$$3$l$i$N(B2$B$D$N0[$J$C(B $B$?%9%1!<%k!J(B``$B0l?M$N%O%C%+!<(B''$B%l%Y%k$+$i(B``$BBg5,LO%A!<%`(B''$B%l%Y%k$^$G!K$K$*(B $B$$$F!$%3%9%H$KBP$7$F$I$l$@$1Mx1W$,$"$k$N$+$H$$$&$3$H$G$"$k!%M}2r$d;HMQ$,(B $B:$Fq$J%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k%D!<%k$O9b$$%3%9%H$r2!$7$D$1$k!%(B %A five-hundred-person project is likely to collapse under its own %weight almost immediately without a revision control tool and process. %In this case, the cost of using revision control might hardly seem %worth considering, since \emph{without} it, failure is almost %guaranteed. 500$B?M$+$i$J$k%W%m%8%'%/%H$G$O!$%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k%D!<%k$J$7$G$OKX$s$I(B $BN)$A9T$+$J$$!%$3$N>l9g!$%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k$J$7$G$O<:GT$9$k$3$H$,KX$s(B $B$IL@Gr$J$?$a!$%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k$r9T$&%3%9%H$rJ'$&$3$H$OFC$KLdBj$H$O(B $B$J$i$J$$!%(B%xxx %On the other hand, a one-person ``quick hack'' might seem like a poor %place to use a revision control tool, because surely the cost of using %one must be close to the overall cost of the project. Right? $B0lJ}!$(B1$B?M$N3+H/<T$K$h$k(B``$B%/%$%C%/%O%C%/(B''$B$O%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k%D!<%k(B $B$r;H$&$K$O$"$^$j$U$5$o$7$/$J$$!%$J$<$J$i!$%D!<%k$r;H$&%3%9%H$,$[$\%W%m%8%'(B $B%/%H$N%3%9%H$=$N$b$N$G$"$k$+$i$@!%$3$l$O@5$7$$$@$m$&$+!)(B %Mercurial uniquely supports \emph{both} of these scales of %development. You can learn the basics in just a few minutes, and due %to its low overhead, you can apply revision control to the smallest of %projects with ease. Its simplicity means you won't have a lot of %abstruse concepts or command sequences competing for mental space with %whatever you're \emph{really} trying to do. At the same time, %Mercurial's high performance and peer-to-peer nature let you scale %painlessly to handle large projects. Mercurial$B$O$3$l$i$N3+H/%9%1!<%k$NN>J}$r%5%]!<%H$7$F$$$k!%4pACE*$J;HMQK!$O(B $B?tJ,$G3X$V$3$H$,$G$-!$%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k$r:G>.5,LO$N%W%m%8%'%/%H$K4J(B $BC1$K<h$jF~$l$k$3$H$,$G$-$k!%C1=c$G$"$k$?$a!$Fq2r$J%3%s%;%W%H$d%3%^%s%I%7!<(B $B%1%s%9$K0U<1$NB?$/$r@j$a$i$l!$K\Ev$K$d$j$?$$$3$H$,AB$+$K$J$k$3$H$b$J$$!%(B $B$^$?F1;~$K(BMercurial$B$N@-G=$N9b$5$d!$%T%"%D!<%T%"$N@-<A$N$?$a$K!$Bg5,LO%W%m(B $B%8%'%/%H$K$b6lO+$9$k;v$J$/%9%1!<%k$9$k$3$H$,$G$-$k!%(B %No revision control tool can rescue a poorly run project, but a good %choice of tools can make a huge difference to the fluidity with which %you can work on a project. $B$*AFKv$J%W%m%8%'%/%H$r5_:Q$9$k$h$&$J%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k$OB8:_$7$J$$(B $B$,!$NI$$%D!<%k$NA*Br$O!$:n6H$9$k%W%m%8%'%/%H$N7x<B$5$KBg$-$J:9$r$b$?$i$9!%(B %\subsection{The many names of revision control} \subsection{$BMM!9$J%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k(B} %Revision control is a diverse field, so much so that it doesn't %actually have a single name or acronym. Here are a few of the more %common names and acronyms you'll encounter: $B%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k$OBg$-$JI}$r$b$DJ,Ln$G$"$j!$$=$N$?$aB?$/$N8F$SL>$H(B $B$=$NC;=L7A$,CN$i$l$F$$$k!'(B \begin{itemize} \item $B%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k(B (Revision control (RCS)) \item $B%=%U%H%&%'%"@_Dj%^%M%8%a%s%H$^$?$O@_Dj%^%M%8%a%s%H(B (Software configuration management (SCM), or configuration management) \item $B%=!<%9%3!<%I%^%M%8%a%s%H(B (Source code management) \item $B%=!<%9%3!<%I%3%s%H%m!<%k$^$?$O%=!<%9%3%s%H%m!<%k(B (Source code control, or source control) \item $B%P!<%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k(B (Version control (VCS)) \end{itemize} %Some people claim that these terms actually have different meanings, %but in practice they overlap so much that there's no agreed or even %useful way to tease them apart. $B$3$l$i$NMQ8l$O3F!90c$&0UL#$r;}$D$N$@$H<gD%$9$k?M!9$b$$$k!%$7$+$7<B<AE*$K(B $B$O$3$l$i$O8_$$$KBg$-$/=E$J$C$F$*$j!$$o$6$o$66hJL$9$k$3$H$O0lHLE*$G$J$/!$(B $B$^$?M-MQ$G$b$J$$!%(B %\section{A short history of revision control} \section{$B%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k$NNr;K(B} %The best known of the old-time revision control tools is SCCS (Source %Code Control System), which Marc Rochkind wrote at Bell Labs, in the %early 1970s. SCCS operated on individual files, and required every %person working on a project to have access to a shared workspace on a %single system. Only one person could modify a file at any time; %arbitration for access to files was via locks. It was common for %people to lock files, and later forget to unlock them, preventing %anyone else from modifying those files without the help of an %administrator. $B:G$bCN$i$l$F$$$k8E$$%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k%D!<%k$O!$(BMarc Rochkind$B$,(B1970$BG/(B $BBe=iF,$K(BBell$B8&5f=j$G=q$$$?(BSCCS (Source Code Control System)$B$G$"$k!%(B SCCS $B$O8D!9$N%U%!%$%k$KBP$7$FF0:n$7!$%W%m%8%'%/%H$N6&F1:n6H<T$K$OF10l%^%7%s>e(B $B$N6&M-%o!<%/%9%Z!<%9$X$N%"%/%;%9$,I,MW$G$"$C$?!%%U%!%$%k$X$N%"%/%;%9$ND4(B $BDd$O%m%C%/$K$h$C$F9T$o$l!$$"$k%U%!%$%k$rJQ99$G$-$k$N$O>o$K0l?M$N%f!<%6$@(B $B$1$G$"$C$?!%%U%!%$%k$r%m%C%/$7$?8e!$%m%C%/$N2r=|$rK:$l$k$3$H$OF|>oE*$K$"(B $B$j!$$3$&$J$k$H4IM}<T$N=u$1$J$7$KB>$N3+H/<T$,%U%!%$%k$rJQ99$9$k$3$H$O$G$-(B $B$J$+$C$?!%(B %Walter Tichy developed a free alternative to SCCS in the early 1980s; %he called his program RCS (Revison Control System). Like SCCS, RCS %required developers to work in a single shared workspace, and to lock %files to prevent multiple people from modifying them simultaneously. Walter Tichy$B$O!$(B1980$BG/Be=iF,$K(BSCCS$B$NBeBX$H$J$k%U%j!<$N%P!<%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<(B $B%k%D!<%k$r3+H/$7$?!%H`$O<+$i$N%7%9%F%`$r(BRCS (Revison Control System)$B$H8F(B $B$s$@!%(BSCCS$BF1MM!$(BRCS$B$O3+H/<T$?$A$KC10l$N6&M-%o!<%/%9%Z!<%9$H!$%U%!%$%k$rF1(B $B;~$KJ#?t?M$,JQ99$9$k$3$H$N$J$$$h$&$K%m%C%/$rMW5a$7$?!%(B %Later in the 1980s, Dick Grune used RCS as a building block for a set %of shell scripts he initially called cmt, but then renamed to CVS %(Concurrent Versions System). The big innovation of CVS was that it %let developers work simultaneously and somewhat independently in their %own personal workspaces. The personal workspaces prevented developers %from stepping on each other's toes all the time, as was common with %SCCS and RCS. Each developer had a copy of every project file, and %could modify their copies independently. They had to merge their %edits prior to committing changes to the central repository. 1980$BG/Be8eH>$K(BDick Grune$B$O(BRCS$B$r8F$S=P$9%7%'%k%9%/%j%W%H$K$h$k%P!<%8%g%s4I(B $BM}%7%9%F%`$r:n$C$?!%=i4|$K(Bcmt$B$H8F$P$l$?$3$N%7%9%F%`$O!$8e$K(BCVS (Concurrent Versions System)$B$H2~L>$5$l$?!%(B CVS$B$NBg$-$J3W?7$O!$3+H/<TC#$K(B $BF1;~$K8DJL$N%o!<%/%9%Z!<%9$G:n6H$9$k$3$H$r5v$7$?$3$H$G$"$k!%%o!<%/%9%Z!<(B $B%9$r8DJL$K$7$?$3$H$G!$3+H/<T$O(BSCCS$B$d(BRCS$B$GNI$/$"$C$?$h$&$K!$B>$N3+H/<T$N:n(B $B6H$rK8$2$k$3$H$,$J$/$J$C$?!%$3$N%b%G%k$G$O!$Cf1{$N%j%]%8%H%j$KJQ99$r%3%_%C(B $B%H$9$kA0$K!$JQ997k2L$r%^!<%8$9$kI,MW$,$"$C$?!%(B %Brian Berliner took Grune's original scripts and rewrote them in~C, %releasing in 1989 the code that has since developed into the modern %version of CVS. CVS subsequently acquired the ability to operate over %a network connection, giving it a client/server architecture. CVS's %architecture is centralised; only the server has a copy of the history %of the project. Client workspaces just contain copies of recent %versions of the project's files, and a little metadata to tell them %where the server is. CVS has been enormously successful; it is %probably the world's most widely used revision control system. Brian Berliner$B$O(BGrune$B$N%*%j%8%J%k%9%/%j%W%H$r<u$17Q$$$G!$$=$l$r(BC$B$G=q$-D>(B $B$7!$8=:_$N(BCVS$B$X$H7R$,$k%3!<%I$r(B1989$BG/$K%j%j!<%9$7$?!%$=$N8e!$(BCVS$B$O%M%C%H(B $B%o!<%/$r7PM3$7$?F0:n$d!$%/%i%$%"%s%H%5!<%P%"!<%-%F%/%A%c$rHw$($F$$$C(B $B$?!%(BCVS$B$N%"!<%-%F%/%A%c$OCf1{=8Cf7?$G!$%5!<%P$N$_$,%W%m%8%'%/%H$NMzNr$rJ](B $BB8$9$k!%%/%i%$%"%s%H$N%o!<%/%9%Z!<%9$O%W%m%8%'%/%H$N:G?7%P!<%8%g%s$N%U%!(B $B%$%k$N%3%T!<$G$"$j!$%5!<%P$N=j:_$r<($96O$+$J%a%?%G!<%?$,IU2C$5$l$F$$$?!%(B CVS$B$OBg@.8y$r<}$a!$$*$=$i$/@$3&$G:G$b9-$/MQ$$$i$l$?%j%S%8%g%s%3%s%H%m!<%k(B $B%7%9%F%`$H$J$C$?!%(B %In the early 1990s, Sun Microsystems developed an early distributed %revision control system, called TeamWare. A TeamWare workspace %contains a complete copy of the project's history. TeamWare has no %notion of a central repository. (CVS relied upon RCS for its history %storage; TeamWare used SCCS.) 1990$BG/Be=iF,!$(BSun Microsystems$B$O(BTeamWare$B$H8F$P$l$k=i4|$NJ,;6%j%S%8%g%s%3(B $B%s%H%m!<%k%7%9%F%`$r3+H/$7$?!%(BTeamWare$B%o!<%/%9%Z!<%9$O%W%m%8%'%/%H$NMzNr(B $B$N40A4$J%3%T!<$r;}$C$F$$$?!%(BTeamWare$B$K$OCf1{%j%]%8%H%j$H$$$&35G0$O$J$+$C(B $B$?!%!J(BCVS$B$,MzNr$N5-O?$K(BRCS$B$r;H$C$F$$$?$h$&$K!$(BTeamWare$B$O(BSCCS$B$rMQ$$$F$$(B $B$?!%!K(B %As the 1990s progressed, awareness grew of a number of problems with %CVS. It records simultaneous changes to multiple files individually, %instead of grouping them together as a single logically atomic %operation. It does not manage its file hierarchy well; it is easy to %make a mess of a repository by renaming files and directories. 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