Ask HN: Which versioning system to learn on?

5 pointsby tertiusvor 17 Jahren8 comments

I'm jumping in on the deep side after completing my bachelors in CompSci... I haven't coded in a long time. I'm going to jump into django and try to pull off a project.

I need versioning (understand it, have never used it). Where do I start?

8 comments

dfrankevor 17 Jahren

Subversion is the lowest common denominator and you'll end up using it sooner or later. You might as well learn it even if you expect to move to a DVCS later on.

_piusvor 17 Jahren

Git.

http://github.com/guides/home

randomtaskvor 17 Jahren

If you're looking for a really easy to follow guide to get everything installed quickly then try http://www.geocities.com/arhuaco/doc/subversion/apache-subve...

Subversion also has a really nice Windows client in TortoiseSVN if that's any use to you.

pogosvor 17 Jahren

Start with mercurial.

http://hgbook.red-bean.com/read/

tertiusvor 17 Jahren

So I'm told to start with the following:

- Subversion - RCS - CVS - Git - Subversion - Mercurial - Git

I'm seeing subversion as the most upvoted, I'll give that a go (starting Wednesday so there's still time to change).

Ravirvor 17 Jahren

RCS: http://www.gnu.org/software/rcs/

knownvor 17 Jahren

I think it is better to learn http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System

stonemetalvor 17 Jahren

poke around the web say github or bitbucket and find a place that will give you a small free private repo and use what they offer to test the waters.

gexlavor 17 Jahren