# Install src with Homebrew, dnf Simple revision control: RCS reloaded with a modern UI. Version 1.45 via Homebrew; verified 2026-05-20. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:src ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install src ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install src ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: src from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:src - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 1.45 - **Source summary:** Simple revision control: RCS reloaded with a modern UI - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** BSD-2-Clause - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-05-20T15:38:01Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - src (cli) - src (alias) ## Dependencies - rcs ## Build dependencies - asciidoctor ## Uses from macOS - python ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 1.45 - Package-manager updated: 2026-05-20 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: http://www.catb.org/~esr/src/ - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage `src` is Eric S. Raymond's simple revision-control tool for solo, single-file projects. It wraps old RCS and SCCS storage ideas in a more modern command-line interface for people who want version history for loose scripts, HOWTOs, and small files without creating a full Git repository. ### Project history The official manual describes SRC as simple revision control for single-file projects by solo developers and authors, explicitly calling it a modernization of RCS. The FAQ frames the tool as a response to modern VCS tools that are powerful for multi-user, multi-file projects but awkward for small private files. SRC is built on top of RCS rather than reimplementing RCS master-file internals. It can also operate on SCCS repositories, mostly for legacy compatibility, while its default storage directory is `.src`. ### Adoption history The package metadata in this batch shows `src` available through Homebrew and Fedora/DNF. That is a modest but meaningful packaging footprint for a niche developer tool: it is not trying to replace Git, but package managers make it easy to install alongside RCS for the narrow single-file use case. ### How it is used Typical use is deliberately small: initialize a directory, commit one or more files, inspect status and logs, and retrieve previous revisions. The manual documents RCS/SCCS interoperability, import from RCS or SCCS directories, and commands shaped to feel familiar to Subversion, Mercurial, and Git users. ### Why package nerds care `src` is interesting to package nerds because it is a compatibility-layer package around very old Unix version-control machinery. It preserves the single-file workflow that RCS was good at while exposing a friendlier CLI, so the packaging question is less about ecosystem size and more about keeping a classic Unix niche installable. ### Timeline - 1970s-1980s: SCCS and RCS established the single-file version-control lineage that SRC later wraps. - 2010s: SRC 1.x series published with a public GitLab repository and CATB-hosted documentation. - 2020s: SRC documentation continues to describe RCS as the recommended backend and SCCS as legacy support. ### Related projects - SRC is directly related to RCS and SCCS, and its FAQ compares its command style with Subversion, Mercurial, and Git. ### Sources - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for src. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** src - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - dnf - src - 1.38-5.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: src from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Simple Revision Control | https://gitlab.com/esr/src ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [rcs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rcs/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [asciidoctor](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/asciidoctor/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cvs-fast-export](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvs-fast-export/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, rcs, version-control. - [braid](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/braid/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [breezy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/breezy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [codeberg-cli](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codeberg-cli/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [cvs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [cvsutils](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvsutils/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [cvsync](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cvsync/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [darcs](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/darcs/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, version-control. - [reposurgeon](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/reposurgeon/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, version. - [glab](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glab/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, control, developer, developer-tools, version. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/src.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/src.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph