Reliable Software is a Seattle-based software company operating since 1996 in the field of distributed version control systems. Their product, Code Co-op, is a full-featured version control system that supports distributed software development using e-mail or LAN for synchronization.
What's Code Coop?
Code Co-op is a full-featured general-purpose version control system:
It is change-based, so it supports multi-file atomic check-ins, including file renames, moves, deletions, etc.
It stores the history of all check-ins and supports viewing, exporting, or reverting to any version of any file or a group of files. There is no need to create special labels to mark a global state of the project--every check-in is such a global label.
It's a Windows GUI system, so it's easy to learn and operate.
It allows easy manipulation of files in the style of the Windows Explorer. It provides easy and intuitive access to the history of the project.
It supports command-line access.
It supports branching and merging. It comes with the industry-standard Beyond Compare visual differ/merger.
It integrates with most development environments.
In addition, Code Co-op introduces its own innovations:
Instead of using a centralized server with a central database, it replicates its database on each machine. This allows disconnected access to all project files and the history from each individual project member's desktop or laptop. The replication also serves as a backup, protecting the system from individual disk failures.
Developers can be geographically distributed and still keep in sync. Code Co-op provides a unique ability to synchronize projects using e-mail. It can use Outlook [Express] or go directly to an email server using SMTP/POP3 internet protocol. It's easily configured to use Gmail.
It contains its own distributed server-less wiki system for developing documentation or storing bug reports.
This expert looks very nice and integrates with VSS really well. I have not extensively tested it yet, but it did pass a quick "can I work with it" test. (I use it with Visual SourceSafe 6). And what's also important: when I did find a few problems Devrace was able to fix them nearly the same day.
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