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<div>{{Short description|A browser interface for CVS and Subversion version control repositories}}<br />
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{{Infobox software<br />
| name = ViewVC<br />
| logo = [[File:ViewVC logo.png|frameless]]<br />
| screenshot = [[File:ViewCVS.png|frameless]]<br />
| caption = Using ViewCVS to browse the ViewCVS repository<br />
| developer = [[Greg Stein]], [[C. Michael Pilato]]<br />
| released = {{start date|2001|12|10}}<br />
| latest release version = 1.2.1<br />
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2020|03|26}}<br />
| latest preview version = 1.3.0-dev<br />
| latest preview date = <!-- {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|df=yes/no}} --><br />
| programming language = [[Python (language)|Python]]<br />
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]<br />
| language = English<br />
| genre = [[Revision control]]<br />
| license = [[BSD license]]<br />
| website = {{URL|https://www.viewvc.org/}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''ViewVC''' (formerly '''ViewCVS''') is an [[open-source software|open-source]] tool for viewing the contents of [[Concurrent Versions System|CVS]] and [[Apache Subversion|SVN]] repositories using a [[web browser]]. It allows looking at specific revisions of files as well as side-by-side [[diff]]s of different revisions. It is written in [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and the view parameters can be modified directly in a URL using a [[Representational state transfer|REST]] style interface.<br />
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== History==<br />
ViewVC was inspired by the CVSweb application, an older web-based CVS repository viewer written in [[Perl]]. The original ViewCVS was a Python port of this application, with the intention to add enhancements to the existing functionality.<br />
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In 2001, the project was moved to [[SourceForge]] and is currently part of the SourceForge infrastructure as it is the repository browser used by the site.<br />
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One of the enhancements made was the ability to browse [[Apache Subversion|Subversion]] repositories. The eventual maturity of this support meant that the name "ViewCVS" was no longer appropriate, which, combined with SourceForge's lack of support for Subversion at the time, led to the project being renamed "ViewVC" and moving to tigris.org. This name change and migration occurred in late 2005.<br />
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== Developers ==<br />
Some of the people involved with the development of ViewVC are:<br />
* [[Greg Stein]]<br />
* [[Jay Painter]]<br />
* [[Tanaka Akira]]<br />
* [[Tim Cera]]<br />
* [[Peter Funk]]<br />
* [[Lucas Bruand]]<br />
* [[C. Michael Pilato]]<br />
* [[Russell Yanofsky]]<br />
* [[James Henstridge]]<br />
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== Components ==<br />
ViewVC consists of two main components. The first part is the repository browser. The second part is the commit database.<br />
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== Complementary software ==<br />
* [[cvsgraph]] - allows graphical display of the branches and tags associated with a file in the repository.<br />
* [[GNU]] [[enscript]] - allows [[syntax highlighting]] of ViewVC output.<br />
* [[MySQL]] - for the commit database.<br />
* Pygments - Needed for syntax highlighting in versioned file contents displays.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Horde (software)|Horde]]<br />
* [[OpenGrok]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://www.viewvc.org/ ViewVC website]<br />
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[[Category:Concurrent Versions System]]<br />
[[Category:Apache Subversion]]<br />
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