Version control

We're occasionally asked why we chose to use Mercurial in our code hosting site, and what difference there is between Mercurial and git.

We're very happy to announce that EasyMercurial 1.2 is now available.

The SoundSoftware project provides a software project hosting site for use by UK audio and music researchers. Here's a simple 5-step guide to getting your software on the site and starting to manage it in a more sustainable way.

A version control system remembers the history of changes to your files, so you can review what you have changed and when; and it helps you to share your changes and work with colleagues more easily. Here we talk about which version control system or service to use.

A new updated version of our simple version control interface is now available.

We've just made a couple of very short, simple videos showing the basics of using EasyMercurial.

We're delighted to be able to announce the release of EasyMercurial, a simple program for managing version control for files and projects.

The first in our series of posts about the relationship between software development and audio and music research.