Adding version control to an existing project

Question

I am working on a project that has grown to a decent size, and I am the only developer. We currently don\'t use any version control, but I definitely need to start.

Answer 1

It is easy to start using Subversion. Download TortoiseSVN, which integrates SVN into Windows Explorer. Download AnkhSVN for VS integration. Set up svnserve as a Windows Service (it's in the docs).

Then all you do is check out an empty directory from svn and copy all your code files into it. Then add them with Tortoise, and commit. When you change files in Visual Studio, Ankh will show you which files you've changed and you can commit them there.

We do all our deployment with NAnt scripts, although you may find batch scripts and xcopy sufficient.