NewsForge: Version Control for Non-Programmers with Subversion

“Imagine a utility that lets you make an annotated backup of any
of your project files with the click of a mouse or a single
command. It would let you review the history of your backups and
recover any version you wished. And it would integrate with your
file browser and would keep track of files that have changed since
your last backup. The utility exists–Subversion, and its companion
program TortoiseSVN, can help you safely manage your files as you
work with them.

“Subversion is one of a class of programs that has been used by
programmers for decades: the source code control system, which
developers use to manage changes to program source code. Such
software has features that enable large teams to work in a
distributed environment on the same files while keeping track of
who has done what, and when…”

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