Definitions¶
Buildbot uses some terms and concepts that have specific meanings.
Repository¶
See Repository.
Version Control Comparison¶
Buildbot supports a number of version control systems, and they don't all agree on their terms. This table should help to disambiguate them.
| Name | Change | Revision | Branches |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVS | patch [1] | timestamp | unnamed |
| Subversion | revision | integer | directories |
| Git | commit | sha1 hash | named refs |
| Mercurial | changeset | sha1 hash | different repos or (permanently) named commits |
| Darcs | ? | none [2] | different repos |
| Bazaar | ? | ? | ? |
| Perforce | ? | ? | ? |
| BitKeeper | changeset | ? | different repos |
- [1] note that CVS only tracks patches to individual files. Buildbot tries to recognize coordinated changes to multiple files by correlating change times.
- [2] Darcs does not have a concise way of representing a particular revision of the source.