What is the difference between all the different types of version control?

Question

After being told by at least 10 people on SO that version control was a good thing even if it\'s just me I now have a followup question.

What is the difference betwe

Answer 1

I would start with:

• A Visual Guide to Version Control
• Wikipedia

Then once you have read up on it, download and install SVN, TortoiseSVN and skim the first few chapters of the book and get started.