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    I think it's mainly just historically been like that and we are now moving away from file-oriented to changeset-oriented systems, but from today's viewpoint it's hard to understand why people even tried the per-file approach. Excellent question! Commented Jun 27, 2011 at 19:37
  • Apologies if this question comes off as argumentative. It's a product of some recent frustration. Commented Jun 27, 2011 at 19:38
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    @Mike Daniels: It doesn't (at least to me) as you clearly ask for the advantages. Commented Jun 27, 2011 at 19:41
  • These two viewpoints are just different conventions. Any argument in favor of one over the other only raises counter-argument from partisans of the other side. For instance, if you want a "whole-rep" behaviour in Clearcase, you can custom your config spec by date. Commented Jun 28, 2011 at 8:58
  • SVN have a version per file, or did that change too in the last version? Commented Jun 28, 2011 at 12:14