Subverting Tortoises
The other day I was looking again at where the excellent FlexWiki project has been progressing and I decided I'd like to download the sourcecode, only to realise I'd need a CVS client to access the source-control database. I promptly downloaded TortoiseCVS and was stunned to discover how easy it was to use. It got me thinking that I might as well start running a CVS locally on my machine for source-control.
I then naturally revisited the idea of using Subversion instead as I had read many times how it was "a compelling replacement for CVS" . It so happens that I decided to just start off with TortoiseSVN (a client app for Subversion) with the aim of seeing how that works and it turns out that it has an amazingly handy feature whereby you can use TortoiseSVN to setup and run a source-control repository locally. TortoiseSVN then treats that location on your hard drive exactly as if it were a Subversion server proper.
With this proliferation of Tortoises in my life I decided to hark back to my days as a Zoology student and have a look at what other Chelonia I might expect to find here in Europe. I like the Golden Greek Tortoise the best...
see http://www.chelonia.org/European_Gallery.htm for more!
