Adding version control to an existing project

Question

I am working on a project that has grown to a decent size, and I am the only developer. We currently don\'t use any version control, but I definitely need to start.

Answer 1

No SVN server required.
Use Tortoise Mercurial http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=199155

Setup local repo
1) Download and Install
2) Open an explorer window to the base directory of you project
3) Right-Click -> TortoiseHG -> Create Repository Here -> Ok
4) Right-Click -> HG Commit...
5) Type your commit comment, select which files to track, and click Commit

Setup remote repo over file share (other transport methods available)
1) Open explorer window to remote folder
2a) Right-Click -> TortoiseHG -> Clone a Repository
2b) Alternatively, just copy your local repo over

Updating remote repo after committing local
1) Open explorer window to remote folder
2) Right-Click -> TortoiseHG -> Synchronize
3) Select "Update to new tip" in Pull menu
4) Enter the path to your local repo into the "Remote Path:" input box 5) Click Pull