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25 <i>"Project leaders should certainly consider its adoption." <br>
26 —<a href=
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34 <p><a name=
"intro">Darcs is a free, open source source code management system.
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38 <p>Every user has access to the full command set, removing
39 boundaries between server and client or committer and non-committers.
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43 <p>Darcs is easy to learn and efficient to use because it asks
44 you questions in response to simple commands, giving you choices
45 in your work flow. You can choose to record
46 one change in a file, while ignoring another. As you update
47 from upstream, you can review each patch name, even the full
"diff"
48 for interesting patches.
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52 <p>Originally developed by physicist David Roundy, darcs is
53 based on a unique algebra of patches.
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55 <p>This smartness lets you respond to changing demands
56 in ways that would otherwise not be possible. For example, learn
57 about
<a href=
"http://wiki.darcs.net/DarcsWiki/SpontaneousBranches">spontaneous branches
</a> with darcs.
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60 <p>First released in
2003, Darcs is now managed by a sizable
61 team of programmers (including David). Daily improvements,
62 combined with tight quality control, culminate in frequent
72 <a href=
"http://wiki.darcs.net/DarcsWiki/CategoryBinaries">Binaries and source of the latest stable release
</a> of darcs for various platforms including Windows, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and its siblings, Solaris, and AIX, a dozen flavors of Linux, and Cygwin.
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74 <p>While using a binary from above is recommend, here is the latest source code for those who want it.
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76 <li><a href=
"darcs-VERSION.tar.gz">Latest Prerelease Source
</a> (VERSION).
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77 <li><a href=
"darcs-RELEASE.tar.gz">Latest Stable Source
</a> (RELEASE).
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80 <h3>Documentation
</h3>
83 <li><a href=
"manual">darcs manual
</a> <br></li>
89 <li><strong><a href=
"http://wiki.darcs.net/DarcsWiki">The Darcs Wiki
</a></strong> -- The best source for further information.
</li>
90 <li><a href=
"http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users">users mailing list
</a> </li>
91 <li><a href=
"http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-devel">developers mailing list
</a> </li>
92 <li><a href=
"http://bugs.darcs.net/?user=guest;pass=guest">Bug Tracking System
</a> </li>
93 <li><a href=
"http://allmydata.org/trac/darcs-2/browser">Darcs repository browser
</a></li>
96 <h3>Darcs source repository
</h3>
98 <li>darcs get --lazy http://darcs.net (stable branch)
</li>
99 <li>darcs get --lazy http://darcs.net/unstable (unstable branch)
</li>
101 <p>Note, to get the Darcs source you must already have Darcs version
2 or greater (Darcs
1 will give an obscure error). If necessary, download a binary or build the source tarball to get a working Darcs
2.
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