Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration

Appendix B. Tool Support for SCM Patterns

with Bob Ventimiglia^[1]

This appendix describes how the SCM patterns in this book map to the concepts implemented by several commonly used software version control (VC) tools (see Table B-1). The intent is not to give the operational details for a “cookbook” or “how-to” but to refer to the tool-specific mechanisms and how they work together to support our SCM patterns. This should provide a conceptual base for looking up detailed usage instructions in the product documentation.

Table B-1. Some Commonly Used Version Control Tools

Tool	Vendor	Web Site
VSS—Visual Source Safe	Microsoft	http://msdn.microsoft.com/ssafe/
CVS—the Concurrent Versions System	CVS is open source; development is hosted ...