Versions of source control
Revision control is a very effective way to share files across developers. There are various version control systems and each has its own merits and drawbacks. We will be looking at the three most popular version control systems out there.
Getting ready
To work through this recipe, you will need a machine running Windows. No other prerequisites are required.
How to do it...
In this recipe, we will see the different types of source control available to us:
Go to this link and download for an SVN client: http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads.html
Go to this link and download for a GIT client: https://desktop.github.com
Go to this link and download for a Mercurial client: http://tortoisehg.bitbucket.org/download/index.html
How it works...
There are various types of SVN clients available to us. Each has its own merits and drawbacks.
SVN has a lot of features that fix issues relating to atomic operations and source corruption. It is free and open source. It has lots of plugins...
