Open Source Version Control Software

The Heirloom Project provides standard Unix utilities.

A Windows Installer Database To XML Bi-Directional Converter. The command line tool msi2xml converts Windows Installer Databases (.msi) to text based XML files. The complementary tool xml2msi reconstructs the .msi from the XML file.

NaughtySVN is an easy-to-use GUI based Subversion client which works as an extension to the Nautilus File Manager. The aim of this project is to help users who are not technically oriented to use Subversion.

In Unix, configuration files are king. Tailoring tools to suit your needs through configuration can be empowering. An immense number of hours is spent on getting these adjustments just right, but once you leave the confines of your own computer, these local optimizations are left behind. By the power of git, homeshick enables you to bring the symphony of settings you have poured your heart into with you to remote computers. With it you can begin to focus even more energy on bettering your work environment since the benefits are reaped on whichever machine you are using. However bare bones these machines are, provided that at least Bash 3 and Git 1.5 are available you can use homeshick. homeshick can handle multiple dotfile repositories. This means that you can install larger frameworks like oh-my-zsh or a multitude of emacs or vim plugins alongside your own customizations without clutter.

Scmsh is a restricted UNIX shell that executes a limited number of commands specific to Source Code Management systems (SCMs), specifically CVS and Subversion.