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Where to start with source-control

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Anyone have any suggestions on where to start for a newbie wanting to try out some sort of source-control along with a new journey into ASP.NET? SVN, VSS, CVS...I dont even know where to start!

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Greg Avatar asked Sep 19 '08 15:09

Greg


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just make sure you stay away from visual source safe.

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Tim Howland Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 12:10

Tim Howland


Eric Sink's Source Control HOWTO.

Read it, then download Subversion (free) or Vault (free for a single user) and start playing around with it.

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Chris Upchurch Avatar answered Oct 12 '22 13:10

Chris Upchurch