Source Code Control Systems in Web Development

Question

We are just beginning the process of looking for a source code control system. I realize we are behind, but better late than never. None of the members on our team have experience with any systems in their past so I was hoping I could find out some basic things to look for as we begin investigating different tools. Here is a little background on our team:

• Our group consists of developers and designers
• We work primarily on PC's with one or two on Mac's
• Many are not comfortable with command line based systems
• The majority of our development is for the web
• We develop in ASP.NET, ColdFusion, and PHP

A few we plan on looking into:

• SourceGear Vault
• Concurrent Versions System
• Subversion
• Microsoft Visual SourceSafe
• PVCS
• Rational ClearCase
• Team Foundation Server
• Git
• Tourtoise SVN
• Bazaar

Any experiences with any of these would be helpful to hear about.

Answer 1

Do not use Source Safe! It's not only bad for source control it's just bad for the world.

I use Subversion with Tortoise. I love it. Rather easy to get up and running. Branching/Merging can still be a nightmare though.

Visual SVN is good too.