Provides an absolute beginner\'s guide to how version control works, why you should switch and how to get started. Note that this presentation was for Design 4 Drupal, so it is angled towards Drupal themers.

1. An Introduction to Using Version Control with Drupal Kathleen Murtagh Design 4 Drupal -- June 14, 2009

3. Full history of your project's development

4. Reuse code that was previously removed

5. Remove changes that caused bugs

6. Enable collaborative development

7. Easier deployment to production

9. Review your edits

10. Commit Rinse and Repeat!

11. Commits are Patches Multiple developers can work on the same file

13. Understand the rational behind changes

14. Recapture a block of code that was removed

16. Find the commit that caused a bug

18. Revert the commit in whole or in part

19. ???

20. Profit! ...

22. A Working branch for significant feature changes

23. Create new or different versions of a project

28. Linear development

31. Enables shared and personal branches and tags

32. Sophisticated merging

33. More complicated

35. RapidSVN It would be advantageous to your career as a web developer to learn the command line, though!

36. TortoiseSVN (Windows)

37. Versions (Mac)

38. SmartSVN

39. RapidSVN

40. Start Using Subversion Start with version controlling your theme Think about the database problem later

42. Setup a repo with your web host

45. Import your theme into the repository

46. Checkout your theme into the themes directory

47. Start making changes and committing

48. Keep Learning.