A repository is simply a centralized data store. The repository facilitates revision control and consolidation. It is referred to as Software Configuration Management (SCM) in Forge.

Forge users have identified a number of scenarios which benefit from SCM:

• Source Code : Java, C, PHP, Perl, *ML
• Websites: Html, ASP, CFM, *ML
• Documents: Txt, LaTeX, XML
• App Cfg files: http.conf, Logon Scripts
• Hardware Cfg: Router/Switch cfgs
• WORM files: Tripwire

The current Forge-SCM solution is CVS. Subversion is on the horizon. Both of these  heavily favour ascii based files. While we encourage Forge users to use SCM, please be aware it is not compatible with binary or closed document formats. Files in those formats can be checked in but revision control will be minimal (no diffs just developer metadata). Forge-SCM does not function exactly as MS Sharepoint or EMC Documentum when working with MSOffice documents. We encourage you to keep MSOffice docs in the XML, Html or OpenDoc formats.