1. Why use Version Control Software? By Jon “The Nice Guy” Spriggs First given at BarCamp Blackpool 2011

3. Create a directory per version and put all your files in there

4. Save a local copy and update that version – who cares about conflicts

5. Email the versions to everyone and wait for them to comment

6. Have all your team save to the same server – who cares about conflicts?

8. How do you know what the latest version is?

9. How does it feel to look at a directory full of files if it's the first time you've come to it?

10. What happens if the latest version contains a mistake?

12. Version control can let you see who made changes to the files

13. Version control can let you see the history of your files – and even replace swap the current file with an older version.

15. CVS

16. Subversion

17. Git

18. Mercurial

19. Bazaar

20. SVK

23. Git