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diff --git a/support/vc/README b/support/vc/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9139a7e396 --- /dev/null +++ b/support/vc/README @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +Name: The vc bundle +Version: v0.6 +Authors: Roland Hieber <rohieb+ctan@rohieb.name>, + Stephan Hennig <stephanhennig@arcor.de> +Last modified: 2018-06-11 +License: CC0 1.0 (Public Domain Dedication), see ./LICENSE, + or <URL:http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/> + + +The vc bundle +----------------------------------- +This is a script based approach to version control for TeX +documents. It works more reliably than keyword substitution +based approaches, since it tracks all files in a working +copy, not only .tex files. + +The vc bundle works with LaTeX and plain TeX. Currently, +Bazaar, Git, Mercurial and Subversion are supported. + + +What's special about the vc bundle? +----------------------------------- +* Common version control packages for LaTeX use keyword + substitution to access revision information. That + approach doesn't work reliably in the presence of + non-.tex files, e.g., graphics or graphic sources that + are processed by an external tool. +* The author is unaware of any alternative version control + packages for plain TeX. +* The author is unaware of any alternative LaTeX version + control packages that support Bazaar or Git. + + +Getting the software +----------------------------------- +The latest version of the vc bundle can be found at +CTAN:support/vc. + +<URL:http://www.ctan.org/get/support/vc.zip> + +The source repository can be found on GitHub. + +<URL:https://github.com/rohieb/ctan-support-vc> + + +Installation and Usage +----------------------------------- +Please see the manual in vc-manual.pdf. + +Happy TeXing! +Stephan Hennig |