personal version control system to recommend [closed]

Answer 1

There are alot of Personal Version Control systems out there. Basically they automatically save every change and usually store locally with an option to save somewhere else as well. Here is a short list

1. FolderTrack
2. FileHamster
3. AJC Active Backup

Note: I am the author of FolderTrack. I recomend it for source control because it perserves the relationship between multiple source files. Therefore if you need to take your source code back to yesterday then FolderTrack will do all the renames, changes, ... to do it.

Answer 2

If you are going to be working on a project just by yourself, and more importantly, committing regularly and can afford maintaining multiple branches(only if you need to), Go for subversion. Otherwise, choose Git, because,

• it allows you to stash changes without committing to your repository
• The entire version history is maintained locally, so this makes it quicker to view changes for others who are going to access your code
• In Git you dont need to maintain separate project(source) directories for each of your code branches.

Answer 3

Or CollabNet Subversion. It's easy to set up and run as a Windows service.

Answer 4

Git. You won't regret it.

Answer 5

Subversion has an excellent client, Tortoise, available on Windows. Git has a version of Tortoise as well, however, it's not as reliable.

Answer 6

I post the below because I LOVE using TFS and I develop mostly inside the Microsoft ecosystem. I also like to run my personal projects like 'real' projects with releases, builds, and gated check-ins.

If you have an MSDN account, I personally like TFS 2010 in workstation mode (no Sharepoint, SSAS, SSRS). The setup takes about 5 minutes and is MUCH, MUCH more simple than it was in the past.

It is safe and easy to run this ON your workstation (your workstation AS the server), although I now run it on a Windows Home Server. All TFS is is IIS in front of SQL Express with a few scheduled tasks.

• You get the ability to track your own bugs/tasks/etc.
• You get awesome branching and merging support (release management).
• You get the ability to do your own server-based builds, with code coverage and unit tests
• You get shell extensions (TFS Power Tools)
• If you use TFS at work, you will already know how to use it.

I know this won't be popular, but if you try it out, it really does work great.