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darcs: a distributed, interactive, smart revision control system

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Darcs is a free, open source revision control system. It is:

  • Distributed: Every user has access to the full command set, removing boundaries between server and client or committer and non-committers.

  • Interactive: Darcs is easy to learn and efficient to use because it asks you questions in response to simple commands, giving you choices in your work flow. You can choose to record one change in a file, while ignoring another. As you update from upstream, you can review each patch name, even the full "diff" for interesting patches.

  • 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.

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Automatic Flags
NameDescriptionDefault
curl

Use libcurl for HTTP support.

Enabled
curl-pipelining

Use libcurl's HTTP pipelining.

Disabled
http

Use the pure Haskell HTTP package for HTTP support.

Enabled
static

Build static binary

Disabled
terminfo

Use the terminfo package for enhanced console support.

Enabled
threaded

Use threading and SMP support.

Enabled
type-witnesses

Use GADT type witnesses.

Disabled
color

Use ansi color escapes.

Enabled
mmap

Compile with mmap support.

Enabled
test

Compile unit tests (requires QuickCheck >= 2.1.0.0).

Disabled
hpcDisabled
deps-only

A cunning trick to have cabal install build dependencies

Disabled

Use -f <flag> to enable a flag, or -f -<flag> to disable that flag. More info

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Versions [RSS] 2.1.2.1, 2.1.2.2, 2.1.98.2, 2.1.99.0, 2.2.0, 2.2.1, 2.3.0, 2.3.1, 2.4, 2.4.1, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.8.0, 2.8.1, 2.8.2, 2.8.3, 2.8.4, 2.8.5, 2.10.0, 2.10.1, 2.10.2, 2.10.3, 2.12.0, 2.12.1, 2.12.2, 2.12.3, 2.12.4, 2.12.5, 2.14.0, 2.14.1, 2.14.2, 2.14.3, 2.14.4, 2.14.5, 2.16.1, 2.16.2, 2.16.3, 2.16.4, 2.16.5, 2.18.1, 2.18.2, 2.18.3
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Dependencies array (>=0.1 && <0.4), base (>=3 && <4), bytestring (>=0.9.0 && <0.10), containers (>=0.1 && <0.4), directory (>=1.0 && <1.1), filepath (>=1.1 && <1.2), hashed-storage (==0.4.11), haskeline (>=0.6.1 && <0.7), html (>=1.0 && <1.1), HTTP (>=3000.0 && <4000.1), HUnit (>=1.0), mmap (>=0.2 && <0.5), mtl (>=1.0 && <1.2), network (>=2.2 && <2.3), old-time (>=1.0 && <1.1), parsec (>=2.0 && <3.1), process (>=1.0 && <1.1), QuickCheck (>=2.1.0.0), random (>=1.0 && <1.1), regex-compat (>=0.71 && <0.94), terminfo (>=0.3 && <0.4), test-framework (>=0.2.2), test-framework-hunit (>=0.2.2), test-framework-quickcheck2 (>=0.2.2), unix (>=1.0 && <2.5), utf8-string (>=0.3 && <0.4), zlib (>=0.5.1.0 && <0.6.0.0) [details]
License LicenseRef-GPL
Author David Roundy <droundy@darcs.net>, <darcs-users@darcs.net>
Maintainer <darcs-users@darcs.net>
Category Development
Home page http://darcs.net/
Source repo head: darcs get http://darcs.net/
Uploaded by ReinierLamers at 2010-04-12T20:09:08Z
Distributions Arch:2.18.2, Debian:2.14.5, Fedora:2.16.5, FreeBSD:2.10.1, NixOS:2.18.3
Reverse Dependencies 2 direct, 0 indirect [details]
Executables unit, darcs, witnesses
Downloads 52403 total (211 in the last 30 days)
Rating 2.5 (votes: 3) [estimated by Bayesian average]
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Readme for darcs-2.4.1

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Darcs
=====
This is the source tree for darcs, a distributed version control system
written in Haskell.

For more information, visit the darcs web site:

   http://www.darcs.net


Compilation and Installation
============================

Building Darcs requires the cabal package, version 1.6 or higher.  The
cabal-install package is also recommended.

Using GHC 6.10.3 or newer is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. You can compile darcs with
GHC 6.8, but there are several caveats. If you are using 6.8.2 or older, please
disable mmap support (pass -f-mmap to cabal install or runghc Setup configure
below). Note that the GHC 6.8.2 that ships with Debian Lenny is not affected
and it should be safe to keep mmap enabled. It is also recommended to disable
use of Hackage zlib when compiling with GHC 6.8.2 (including the Debian Lenny
version): pass -f-zlib to cabal. When using zlib, we have seen occasional
crashes with error messages like "openBinaryFile: file locked" -- this is a
known GHC 6.8.2 bug (and is fixed in GHC 6.8.3). Last, if you are using a
64-bit system, darcs may hang when you exit a pager when compiled with GHC
older than 6.10.3. Although this is harmless, it is quite inconvenient.

If you have the "cabal-install" package on your system (that is, there is a
"cabal" executable in your path), you can use the following command to create
an executable in ~/.cabal/bin/darcs (this will also automatically fetch and
build dependencies from the Hackage server).

    $ cabal update
    $ cabal install

Otherwise, if you have the "cabal" package but not the "cabal-install"
package, run the following:

    $ runghc Setup configure
    $ runghc Setup build
    $ sudo runghc Setup install

You may also omit the last step and copy the darcs executable (found in
dist/build/darcs/darcs) to a location of your choosing.

More detailed instructions can be found at
<http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Cabal/How_to_install_a_Cabal_package>
including instructions on obtaining a copy of cabal-install.

Please also note that the cabal-based build by default requires the cURL
library (and development headers). If, for some reason, you cannot provide
cURL, please pass "-f-curl" to the configure step above.


Hacking
=======
For more information about darcs hacking and best practices please check
the darcs wiki at http://wiki.darcs.net

Of particular interest are the following documents:
  * http://wiki.darcs.net/Development/GettingStarted
  * http://wiki.darcs.net/Development/FAQ

Testing
=======
For more information about the test suite, including how to run specific
tests please read tests/README.test_maintainers.txt.

Happy hacking!