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June 17, 2006, on Using CVS for Web development:
I know the above is 7 years old, and version control has been gaining acceptance all the time, so what I want to add may already be obvious to most readers. First, everything I do that is worth saving is under version control, either in CVS, or (preferably) in Subversion, which is short for "CVS with the glaring problems fixed". A version control server is best regarded as part of the regular IT infrastructure, like a file server, a webserver or a mail server. The university department where I work (Math & CS) maintains a Subversion server for all employees to use; it's very popular and works very well. Used mainly for source code, websites, and scientific papers. Second, version control can be thought of as a tool for collaboration, but I use it more for structuring my own work. I commit my changes into version control whenever they represent some meaningful unit of change: not sooner, not later. So my commits usually correspond to specific tasks, with specific objectives t...