Recommendations for simple SCM

Question

DUPE: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1091086/simple-single-user-revision-control

What are the best options for a single developer SCM set-up ?

Previously I've used Perforce and Visual Source Safe, but now I'm a single developer, but still want at least basic SCM

Answer 1

At home I'm using the free 2-user version of Perforce. If you want an open source variant, I'd use SVN.

Regards,

Sebastiaan

Answer 2

Subversion!

For an intro to Subversion please have a look at these tutorials.

The quickest way to get it set up on your machine is to install VisualSVN Server (which will also help you configure it).

You will also need to install TortoiseSVN - a GUI Windows client for Subversion.

Answer 3

Your best bet is SourceGear Vault. It's free for a single developer and EXTREMELY simple to use.

Answer 4

I would use Subversion. Why ?

1. it's easy/trivial to set up
2. it's very easy to use
3. there's a lot of support for it in IDEs, tooling etc.
4. there's a lot of documentation and knowledge around

(that's not to say the above isn't true for other systems)

If you're working on your own, you may not need the power of a fully distributed system, and you can't afford to spend time administering it.

Finally - remember to back up the repository often! An SCM is not a backup.

Answer 5

git

Sure, a distributed version control system might seem like overkill, seeing as you're just one developer, but maybe sometimes you find yourself in more than one place, working on more than one computer.

Also, git always pipes through "more". Something subversion completely dropped the ball on.

Answer 6

This has been asked before:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1091086/simple-single-user-revision-control