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Pijul vs SVN (Subversion): What are the differences?
Developers describe Pijul as "A free and open source distributed version control system". Pijul is a free and open source (AGPL 3) distributed version control system. Its distinctive feature is to be based on a sound theory of patches, which makes it easy to learn and use, and really distributed. On the other hand, SVN (Subversion) is detailed as "Enterprise-class centralized version control for the masses". Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as an open-source, centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; and its ability to support the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.
Pijul and SVN (Subversion) can be primarily classified as "Version Control System" tools.
"A VCS based on Category Theory? Awesome" is the primary reason why developers consider Pijul over the competitors, whereas "Easy to use" was stated as the key factor in picking SVN (Subversion).
SVN (Subversion) is an open source tool with 327 GitHub stars and 120 GitHub forks. Here's a link to SVN (Subversion)'s open source repository on GitHub.
SVN is much simpler than git for the simple stuff (checking in files and updating them when everyone's online), and much more complex than git for the complicated stuff (branching and merging). Or put another way, git's learning curve is steep up front, and then increases moderately as you do weird things; SVN's learning curve is very shallow up front and then increases rapidly.
If you're storing large files, if you're not branching, if you're not storing source code, and if your team is happy with SVN and the workflow you have, I'd say you should stay on SVN.
If you're writing source code with a relatively modern development practice (developers doing local builds and tests, pre-commit code reviews, preferably automated testing, preferably some amount of open-source code), you should move to git for two reasons: first, this style of working inherently requires frequent branching and merging, and second, your ability to interact with outside projects is easier if you're all comfortable with git instead of snapshotting the outside project into SVN.
Pros of Pijul
- A VCS based on Category Theory? Awesome6
- Patch-based VCS4
- I like birds2
- Unrelated patches are commutative1
- The exact patch dependencies are tracked1
Pros of SVN (Subversion)
- Easy to use20
- Simple code versioning13
- User/Access Management5
- Complicated code versionioning by Subversion3
- Free2
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Cons of Pijul
- Lack of hosting options1
Cons of SVN (Subversion)
- Branching and tagging use tons of disk space7
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