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Cornerstone - 1.1.7.23

Subversion client for Mac OS X.

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Version 1.1.7.23:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	1.1.7.23
Release Date:	2009-01-17
License:	Shareware
Downloads (version 1.1.7.23):	1,203
Downloads (all versions):	4,341
Price:	$59.00

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Product Description:

Take control of Subversion with a client application that was specifically designed for Mac users. Cornerstone integrates all of the features you need to interact with your repository and does so in an elegant and easy-to-use fashion.

Whether you're new to versioning or a Subversion expert, Cornerstone will help streamline your workflow and make version control more transparent.

What's new in this version:

Updated the FAQ to include information about changes in Pages', Numbers' and Keynote's file formats with iWork '09 which enable these files to be managed by Subversion without issue.
Selecting path in working copy sheet after entry of nickname results in an error.
Save file sheet displayed by history Export function is closed when "New Folder" button is pressed.
Error is displayed in browser for working copies containing externals in symlinked folders.
Error is displayed by browser for working copies which contain externals located in unversioned folders.
Items in log message "Recent Messages" list can be edited.
BBEdit integration broken with BBEdit version 9.1.
"Cannot display the contents of the selected file" is displayed for text files which have a svn:mime-type which is not recognized by Mac OS X.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher (10.5.5 recommended)

Feedback Summary:

Version 1.1.7.23:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(4.0)

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Great interface and always improving - Version: 1.1.7.23, 5/8/2009 09:43AM PST

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ahsboy

Cornerstone is a front-end for Subversion, which is a version-control system for maintaining an ongoing history of changes to files. Programmers traditionally use version control for code projects, but it has become popular for people developing websites as well.

When I decided to switch from using CVS (the old standard of version control, but a bit long in the tooth these days) to Subversion, I needed a new front end for Subversion. (A lot of people use version control from the command line, but we're Mac users, after all, so give us a nice GUI!). Aside from some awkward, unfinished, or horrible Java-based interfaces, the only two options were Cornerstone and a beta version of something called Versions (which, to its credit, looked promising).

I picked up Cornerstone because it was clean, ready-to-use, and in active development. I have no regrets. The interface is excellent and very Mac-like, sufficiently flexible and customizable, and can handles duties both internally (diffs between versions) or with the help of external software (e.g. you want BBEdit to do my diffs).

Moving files, renaming directories, creating tags and branches uses Finder-like motions like option-dragging within the Cornerstone window.

A quick reference help section offers a nice crib sheet for the user interface, and the Help menu offers a directly embedded copy of the Subversion manual -- a nice touch for those of us not familiar with the depths of Subversion.

Support by email has been helpful and quick. My old CVS interface was free, so paying anything for a GUI like this might seem to be "too much," but $60 is a reasonable price for a solid piece of software that I use daily, and all day long.