1. Donʼt Lose
Your Shit
Version Control
and Backups

2. Why
control versions?

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11. What is this
ʻversion controlʼ ?

12. Track.
Collaborate and version.

13. How does it
work ?

14. 1. Do work
2. Save changes (commit)
3. Share changes (push)
4. Get changes (pull)

15. 5. Experiment (branch)
6. See changes (diff)
7. Combine changes (merge)
8. Undo changes (revert)

16. What does using it
feel like ?

17. Demo

18. Which VCS should
I use ?

19. Centralized

20. Centralized
sh
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sh
pu

21. Centralized
( CVS
Perforce
SourceSafe
)

22. Centralized
$ svn checkout svn://myrepo.com/trunk thing
[...do stuff...]
$ svn add path/to/file/i/added.pde
$ svn commit -m “I did stuff”
$ svn update

23. Centralized
svnbook.red-bean.com
or
Google: “svn book”

24. Centralized
code.google.com
free subversion hosting for open source projects

25. Decentralized

26. Decentralized
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27. Decentralized
( )
Mercurial
Darcs

28. Decentralized
$ git clone http://myrepo.com/trunk
[...do stuff...]
$ git add .
$ git commit -m “I did stuff”
$ git push
$ git pull

29. Decentralized
github.com
social coding and free git repo hosting for open source projects

30. Demo

31. Backups: JMFB

32. Just Make
a Fucking
Backup

33. newegg.com > External hard drive > Add to cart

34. newegg.com > External hard drive > Add to cart
320GB

35. newegg.com > External hard drive > Add to cart
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36. System Preferences > Time Machine > Giant Button

37. On-Site
( Bootable?
)
Carbon Copy Cloner
Super Duper

38. Off-Site
Backblaze
Amazon S3
Dropbox
Mail a drive to your parents

39. Off-Site
Backblaze
Amazon S3
Dropbox
Mail a drive to your parents

40. Off-Site
This is for if your house burns down.
It costs money.

41. In the time Iʼve spent
explaining this you
could have made a
fucking backup.