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Chapter 6

You Mean I Can Version Control Everything?!

Now that we've been through some of the best programs to use for SVN, Mercurial, and Git, I'm sure you're excited about having a safe backup of your files, and that you can version pretty much anything. In some cases, though, that wouldn't be the best approach, especially for certain kinds of files. We're about to go though some cases when you really shouldn't use versioning systems on some files. We will cover some options for these files and some potential solutions for versions of some bigger and more troubling files.

Why version control isn't the solution for some files

Having a versioning ...

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