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Good Article For Beginners On Version Control (w/ Pictures & Examples)

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tinjaw:
There is a very good introduction to version control at BetterExplained.

A Visual Guide to Version Control
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mouser:
something's missing..
where the picture of the user screaming at the computer screen when he can't get the thing to check out properly because of some nonsensical error?

justice:
Always funny to read:
either: save your word document with _v2 at the end
or read through several pages of information to set up a version control system.

That said I can't get my colleague to use one of these or I would be a lot happier working on a functions include (web development) without having to yell "do you have this file open" a few times each day.

mouser:
in case my comment gave the wrong impression, as annoying as version control can sometimes be, it's simply something you must learn how to use these days as a programmer.

svn is the easy choice of software, and there are some nice easy programs to get you started on a windows platform (http://tortoisesvn and http://rapidsvn).  I use to be a big fan of tortoisesvn but the shell integration can be a bit intrusive so i tend to use RapidSvn mostly now (it's a bit buggy but it gets the job done).

on linux the commandline main svn programs are fine -- but if you are hosting an svn repository, do expect to struggle a little to get it up and running initially.

mwb1100:
Here's the best intro to version control I've come across:

http://www.ericsink.com/scm/source_control.html

Eric Sink is pretty much always a good read.

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