Applying RCS and SCCS: From Source Control to Project Control (Nutshell Handbooks)
by By Bolinger, Don and Bronson, Tan
Category: Computers , Operating Systems , UNIX

Now there's a book that gives you some help managing your project's source files. Applying RCS and SCCS is a thorough introduction to the two most popular source control systems under UNIX. The authors of this book take you from basic source control of a single file, through working with multiple releases of a software project, to coordinating teams of developers on a project involving many files and more than one target platform.The authors go well beyond lists of commands and command options: they help you define the problem you're really trying to solve, and then they show you how to solve it.This book also presents TCCS, a representative "front-end" to RCS and SCCS that addresses problems RCS and SCCS can't handle alone, such as managing groups of files, developing for multiple platforms, and linking public and private development areas.If you're a programmer or a software project manager, this book should be required reading.