How do I Version Control my Files

The way you version control your files depends largely on your own personal preferences. You need a way of getting your files from your computer to the version control host. Most people install a client application but you may already be using an application that has built in support for example, Dreamweaver CS4.

What can I Version Control?

Pretty much anything that's on your computer. Version control works best with text files, but image, documents and binaries work as well. myVersionControl uses Subversion under the hood which deals extremely well with binaries. Version controlling MS Office documents trigger Microsoft's own 'track changes' functionality which makes viewing older versions of your documents extremely easy indeed.

Who uses it?

Most people use myVersionControl to manage their source code. Our next biggest group would be graphic designers who use it to save versions of the images they are working on.

So how do I do Version Control my Stuff?

First check to see if your development environment already has a Subversion Client built in. If it does, you're good to go and all you need to do is tell the client the repository URL and your username and password.

If not, then head on over to our list of Subversion Clients. You'll find the most popular clients there with links to places where you can download even more.