[Hidden-tech] Version Control

[Jan Werner]

There are many good version control systems for programmers, but they 
are oriented toward managing multiple programmers working on a single 
project, rather than for writers, artists or designers working alone on 
multiple projects that are not usually plain text source code. They are 
nearly always server based and can be difficult for non-programmers to 
set up and work with.

I would suggest instead looking at File Hamster from Mogware: 
http://www.mogware.com/filehamster/ which can be set up to watch 
selected folders and file types and store renamed copies of the revised 
files in a library folder every time you save your work.

The basic version is free, but it's well worth spending $14.95 more for 
File Hamster Plus which provides considerably more flexibility and also 
lets you add a variety of inexpensive and useful plug-ins for reporting, 
annotating revisions on the fly, automatic zipping and other tasks.

It's not quite the same as a version control system, but it's probably a 
better solution for most creative content producers.

Jan Werner
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> I write content for Web sites, among other things. I’m about to begin 
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> version control. I have always used a process of renaming files v1, v2 
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