We used CVS, but there are better options around now. Subversion seems to be popular, though I'm intrigued by the distributed version control systems like git.
-- Rob Malouf <rmalouf at mail.sdsu.edu> Department of Linguistics and Asian / Middle Eastern Languages San Diego State University
On Mar 28, 2010, at 8:20 AM, Hardie, Andrew wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am contemplating using a source-code version control system (such as
> Subversion) to store the files of a corpus as it is being constructed,
> (a) to help keep track of changes as I go, (b) to allow several people
> to work on it in a non-confusing way and (c) to simplify backing up and
> aid data security.
>
> Using version control software occurred to me after spending some time
> manually keeping track of a set of encoding and markup changes in an
> older corpus, and finding it a total pain in the neck. Of course, this
> is not exactly what version control software is designed for...
>
> I was wondering, has anyone on the list done this before? If so, are
> there any pitfalls to avoid / particular pointers I should be aware of?
> Or alternative (better) ways of accomplishing the same thing?
>
> All hints and tips gratefully received.
>
> Best
>
> Andrew.
>
>
>
> Andrew Hardie
> Department of Linguistics
> County South
> Lancaster University
> Lancaster LA1 4YL
> United Kingdom
>
> a.hardie at lancaster.ac.uk
>
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