DarcsWiki
Distributed. Interactive. Smart.
Darcs is a free, open source, source code management system.
Darcs is Distributed. Every user has access to the full command set, removing boundaries between server and client or committer and non-committers.
Darcs is Interactive. It asks you questions in response to simple commands, giving you choices in your work flow. Choose to record one change in a file, while ignoring another. See each patch name while updating, even view the full "diff" for interesting patches. Compare darcs' work flow with Subversion's.
Darcs is Smart. Originally developed by physicist David Roundy, darcs is based on a unique algebra of patches. This smartness lets you respond to changing demands in ways that would otherwise not be possible. Learn more about spontaneous branches with darcs.
Welcome to the Darcs wiki. The Darcs home page is http://darcs.net , so read that first.
Download and Install Darcs
- Download Darcs - latest source and binaries for all platforms
- Building darcs
Getting started
- Getting Started with darcs by example
- Overview of darcs features
- Official Manual (Also in Postscript and one big HTML file) Includes building instructions.
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and hopefully some answers too
- Best Practices -- a new and evolving page with suggestions for common situations
- Hints and Tips
- Understanding darcs the wikibook
Support
- users mailing list for questions comments and bug reports
- browse the official or gmane archives or mail-archive.com archives
- Search with Google.
- IRC channel: #darcs on freenode.net
- If you think you've found a bug in darcs you can submit a report to
Other documentation
- OS-specific documentation
- Windows
- RelatedSoftware - software that works with darcs
- Diagnostic Messages A guide to diagnostic messages produced by darcs
- Darcs Cheat Sheet PDF Scribus Source, by Paul Bedaride
Converting to Darcs
- CVS users:
- Learn about differences, then convert your CVS archives
- Interoperating with CVS
- Arch users: Learn about differences, then convert your Arch archives
- Subversion users:
- Learn about differences, then convert your Subversion archives
- See also MigratingFromSubversion for a quick reference guide
See RelatedSoftware for converting from darcs
Publications
- http://osdir.com/Article2571.phtml "Interview with David Roundy of Darcs on Source Control" by Mark Stosberg
- http://mark.stosberg.com/Tech/darcs/cvs_switch/easier.html "Benefits from a real world switch from CVS to darcs" by Mark Stosberg
- An introduction to darcs- slides by Yuval Kogman at OSDC::Israel::2006
- Slides from talks on darcs and darcs-related issues by David Roundy
- http://bulma.net/body.phtml?nIdNoticia=2333 "Control de versions redux" by Pau Rul\xc2\xb7lan (written in Catalan), but Carmen was translated to spanish here: "Control de versiones redux"http://bulma.net/body.phtml?nIdNoticia=2335
- http://thetruedelight.blogspot.com/2007/01/bash-alias-for-darcs-users-ive-been.html "Bash alias for darcs user" by Alex Dong
Development
- API documentation for darcs (Haddock) (also haddock/hoogle for darcs-unstable)
- the darcs buildbots
- DeveloperFAQ - Frequently Asked Questions for the budding darcs hacker
- DeveloperTips - Tips and tricks for the said budding darcs hacker
- DeveloperGettingStarted -Structured guide for new and wannabe developers
- DarcsInternals - Explanations on how various darcs subsystems work
- development list for contributing to (or observing) darcs development
- browse the official or gmane archives
- Search with Google.
- Listing of unassigned "Probably easy" bugs for new darcs hackers.
- IdeasForDarcs - Have an idea for how darcs could work better? Check here first!
- Document and discuss performance issues
- How to add a new darcs command
- Hacking Sprints
Further information
- Official homepage
- People behind darcs
- PatchTheory - all this patch theory related
- Third party comparisons which mention darcs
- Blog Buzz -- see what people are blogging about darcs
- Projects using darcs
- for historical reference: the original announcement of darcs Still don't see what you want? The Site navigation page offers more ways to browse the site.
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