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18 years ago

Suggestions for HDL Version Control (CVS, Subversion, etc)

Hi, I am looking into implementing some sort of version control for my HDL Project. Basically, I want to archive changes to the project in CVS or SubVersion. Quartus II creates a wide variety of fi...
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18 years ago

Ben:

I use RCS for version control and have a batch file for checking things in and out. All you need to preserve is your .vhd files (including those created by MegaWizard), the .qsf, and the .qpf files. I have not been saving the .qdf file like Brad suggested, but I am going to look into it--maybe I have been missing something. Also, I don't use TimeQuest or incremental compilation. I don't archive my .tcl files--instead I regenerate from SOPC builder.

Now, if you also have custom SOPC components and/or encrypted cores it gets a little more complicated--but it can be done. As a matter of fact, using more advanced tools like Subversion may make it rather easy.