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

1) Create a new repository - you can create it on the test server and later transfer it to a dedicated server/NAS if it makes things simple for you. 2) Import all your existing source code into the repository. 3) You can create using the 'svn' command line tool (and its related tools, like svnadmin) a batch file which will automate the upload and deployment process (the latter combined with the compiler of course).

You can find more information here: SVN book - just start read it - you don't need to read it all to start and get svn running. MSBuild - a build automation platform by microsoft, although it may be an overkill, depening on the size of your project.

If you have Visual Studio on the same computer as the batch file, you may use it to compile your solution, although I'm suspecting you'll hit scaling problems in the future.