Personal Revision Control System


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  Personal Revision Controller System (PeRiCos)

Follow these steps to see PeRiCos in action:

1) Open the file "VaDiffGui.java" and edit line 24:
private static String SERVERPATH = "D:/diffback/"; to point to a backup
folder on your machine. File differences between various versions will be saved in this folder.

2) Open a DOS prompt to change directory to "vdif".

3) Type "ant" to compile the code.

4) Type "ant gui" to invoke PeRiCos application.

5) Drag and drop a text file (e.g. *.txt, *.java, *.c etc.) from your computer to the PeRiCos UI.
The UI registers your file now.

6) Edit the subject file on the your computer and save it.

7) Select the subject file on the PeRiCos UI and click on Commit button.
You can write the edit comments on the ensued Commit dialog and click close once you have
added the comments.

8) Repeat steps 6 and 7 for doing more revisions on your subject file.

9) Click "Graph" button on the PeRiCos UI. You can see your Version Nos. on the ensued Graph dialog.

10) Selecting a particular version will show the comments associated with that particular version.

11) Click on the "Get" button to retrieve various versions of subject file.

12) Enter the version desired on the "Version" dialog prompt and click ok.

13) Check the version of subject file on your computer.

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