On Mar 31, 2009, at 4:05 PM, Ronald J Kimball wrote: >> If I may jump in here, I'm curious about this. I had always >> understood >> that version control systems were just that, ways of controlling >> which >> version of a file is worked on and saved in a multi-user environment. >> Why would a single author need such a system? (I'm not being >> argumentative -- I just don't want to miss out on a good thing, if it >> is a good thing for me.) > > One of the most useful features of version control is being able to > recover > a previous version of a file after a mistake was made in a later > version. > That's helpful even if you're the only person editing the file.
Or if your hard drive crashes (and your Subversion repository is on another computer, which it usually is). Also, if you're working on "web applications" where you may have dozens of files all working together to create a system, when you implement a new feature you can commit all the changes in all the files as a "release" and if you ever need to go back to that "release", you can, easily, even if some of the files have changed and others haven't. BBEdit's Subversion integration is pretty good, although I rarely use more than one or two commands in it. The command I use the most, though, is "Compare Revisions...", which allows me to see the differences between the current and prior versions of a file... I find that to be endlessly useful. ---- G. T. Stresen-Reuter Web: http://tedmasterweb.com Blog: http://tecnotertulia.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedmasterweb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to bbedit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bbedit?hl=en If you have a specific feature request or would like to report a suspected (or confirmed) problem with the software, please email to "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
