Personal Version Controller

Question

I'd like to know if there is any personal source controller, I'd like to have a repository on my machine without going through setting up a server, also I work with TeX files not any particular language and I'd like to have backups of my files the way sub version does

Answer 1

If you install TortoiseSVN you have Subversion support included in your Windows Explorer. You don't need to install SVN because everything it needs is included in the setup. You can create a repository anywhere in the filesystem where you want.

Answer 2

Git creates repositories that do not require a central server. Also, you can of course restore any previous version for tracked files which is—of course—what source control systems are all about. :)

Edit: There are other decentralized version control systems out there, e.g. Mercurial and Bazaar. They all offer more or less exactly the same features so it’s mostly a matter of personal taste.