Ask HN: Which versioning system to learn on?

[tertius]

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?

[dfranke]

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.

[_pius]

Git.

http://github.com/guides/home

[randomtask]

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.

[pogos]

Start with mercurial.

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

[tertius]

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).

[Ravir]

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

[known → Ravir]

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

[stonemetal]

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.