VCS: Lightweight Version Control System

Overview

VCS is a simple, cross-platform version control system written in C++. It provides basic version control features similar to Git, but is designed for learning and small projects.

Features

• Repository initialization (vcs init)
• Staging files (vcs add)
• Committing changes (vcs commit)
• Branch management (vcs branch, vcs checkout)
• Merging branches (vcs merge)
• Reverting commits (vcs revert)
• Status and log viewing (vcs status, vcs log)
• File data is compressed using Huffman coding for storage

How it Works

• All repository state and data are stored in a .vcs directory.
• File data in commits is compressed using Huffman coding.
• Branch and commit metadata are stored as JSON files in .vcs.

Platform Support

• Designed for Linux and Windows (POSIX file operations may require adaptation for Windows).
• Build system: CMake (C++17, OpenSSL, nlohmann_json required)

Building (Linux/WSL)

./build.sh

This script will automatically install required dependencies (cmake, g++, openssl, nlohmann-json) if missing.

Building (Windows)

build_win.bat

• Requires CMake, Visual Studio Build Tools, and vcpkg (for dependency management).
• The script will check for and install dependencies using vcpkg.

Testing (Linux/WSL)

bash testfolder/test.sh

Testing (Windows)

test_win.bat

License

MIT