On 22/07/2012, Lipska the Kat <lip...@lipskathekat.com> wrote: > On 21/07/12 21:10, Dave Angel wrote: >> >> A totally off-the-wall query. Are you using a source control system, >> such as git ? It can make you much braver about refactoring a working >> program. > > Thanks for your comments, I've taken them on board, > I'm most familiar with with cvs and svn for source control. I've also > used Microsoft source safe. I generally just use what's given to me by > whoever is paying me and don't worry too much about the details. Many in > the Linux world seem to use git. Seeing as I've been using Linux at home > since the early days of slackware I suppose I'd better look into it.
What Dave said. I used CVS briefly and then git and its gui tools for last 5 years. Took me a while to get comfortable with it, but now it turns managing complex, evolving text files into fun and I cannot imagine working without its power and flexibility. First thing I do on any programming task: git init -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
