Comparison between Darcs

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SCM feature:	Darcs	Add to comparison: +CVS +AccuRev +Aegis +AllChange +Arch +Bazaar +BitKeeper +ClearCase +CM+ +CMSynergy +Co-Op +Git +LibreSource Synchronizer +Mercurial +Monotone +OpenCM +Perforce +PureCM +SourceAnywhere +Subversion +Superversion +Surround SCM +svk +Team Foundation Server +Vesta +Visual SourceSafe
Atomic Commits	Yes. Commits are atomic.
Files and Directories Moves or Renames	Yes. Renames are supported.
Intelligent Merging after Moves or Renames	Unknown.
File and Directories Copies	No. Copies of files and directory structures are not supported.
Remote Repository Replication	Yes.
Propagating Changes to Parent Repositories	Yes.
Repository Permissions	No.
Changesets' Support	Yes. Changesets are supported.
Tracking Line-wise File History	Yes. (darcs annotate)
Ability to Work only on One Directory of the Repository	It is possible to commit only a certain directory. However, one must check out the entire repository as a whole.
Tracking Uncommited Changes	Yes, using "darcs whatsnew".
Per-File Commit Messages	No.
Documentation	Good. The manual contains a brief tutorial and a solid reference. Every sub-command can print its usage. Because the command-set is small and the model is simple, many users find it easy to get started.
Ease of Deployment	Very good. darcs requires few external libraries, however you need the Glasgow Haskell Compiler if you cannot find a binary. To start working, just "darcs init".
Command Set	The command set is fairly compact and the core commands are easy to understand. Follows CVS in a few places, but since the model is different most commands are unique.
Networking Support	Good. Darcs supports getting patches over HTTP, and getting and sending patches over SSH and email.
Portability	Very good. Supports many UNIXes, Mac OS X, and Windows, and is written in a portable language.
Web Interface	darcs.cgi is included in the distribution.
Availability of Graphical User-Interfaces.	None to speak of. (There is a modest graphical interface to a few commands in the distribution, but it is not being developed currently.)