Veracity Quick Start

Starting from Scratch

$ vv init my_first_repo testdir
$ cd testdir
$ vv whoami --create myemail@example.com
$ echo Hello, world > file.txt
$ vv add file.txt
$ vv commit -m "my first commit!"

Playing with Others

$ vv clone http://vvhost/repos/repo my_repo
$ vv checkout my_repo testdir
$ cd testdir
$ vv whoami --create myemail@example.com
$ echo Hello, world > file.txt
$ vv add file.txt
$ vv commit -m "my first commit!"
$ vv push

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A new open source Distributed Version Control System.

A comparison of the key features in DVCS tools
	Veracity	Git	Mercurial	Bazaar	Fossil
Birth	2011	2005	2005	2007	2006
License	Apache	GPL	GPL	GPL	BSD
Implementation	C	C	Python	Python	C
Immutability doctrine	Conservative	Liberal	Conservative	?	Conservative
Revision IDs	Local rev numbers, or hashes	Hashes	Local rev numbers, or hashes	Pseudorandom	Hashes
Formal rename	Yes			Yes	Yes
File locks	Yes		plugin?
SHA-1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SHA-2	Yes
Skein	Yes
User accounts	Yes				Yes
Repository storage plugins	Yes			Yes?
Decentralized database	Yes
bisect		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
fast-import	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
fast-export	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
rebase		Yes	plugin	?
Submodules	Coming soon	Yes	Yes	?
Pervasive JSON flavor	Yes
Integrated web interface	Yes		Yes		Yes
Embedded scripting language	Javascript		(Python)	(Python)	TH1 (cut-down tcl)
Tortoise-ish	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Popular hosting site	Coming soon	github	bitbucket	Launchpad	chiselapp
Bug-tracking	Yes				Yes
Scrum burndown charts	Yes
Build tracking	Yes
Wiki	Yes				Yes