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Léo-Paul Géneau
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Achilleas Pipinellis
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@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ which also includes a centralized version control system (TFVC) similar to Git.
In this document, we emphasize on the TFVC to Git migration.
## Why migrate
CVS is old with no new release since 2008. Git provides more tools to work
with (
`git bisect`
for one) which makes for a more productive workflow.
Migrating to Git/GitLab there is:
## TFVC vs Git
The following list illustrates the main differences between TFVC and Git:
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your working area is a copy of the entire repository. This decreases the
overhead when switching branches or merging for example, since you don't have
to communicate with a remote server.
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**Changesets.**
Changes in CVS are per file, while changes (commits) in Git
they always refer to the whole project. One of the consequences of this is that
it is very easy in Git to revert (create a change that undoes) or undo a whole
change.
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**Storage method.**
Changes in CVS are per file (changeset), while in Git
a committed file(s) is stored in its entirety (snapshot). That means that's
very easy in Git to revert or undo a whole change.
_Check also Microsoft's documentation on the
[
comparison of Git and TFVC
](
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/tfvc/comparison-git-tfvc
)
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**No licensing costs**
, Git is GPL while TFVC is proprietary.
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**Shorter learning curve**
, Git has a big community and a vast number of
tutorials to get you started.
tutorials to get you started
(see our
[
Git topic
](
../../../topics/git/index.md
)
)
.
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**Integration with modern tools**
, migrating to Git and GitLab you can have
an open source end-to-end software development platform with built-in version
control, issue tracking, code review, CI/CD, and more.
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