IMO, avoid branching if you can. What source control are you using?

>Doing a segment of iterations on existing applicaiton.
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>I have to separate approximately 3 groups of code base on the same app/same actual pages.
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>Time frame is weekly where I will have my currWork, Released to QA, Passed to Stage.
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>No we don't have TFS, and I can get into ChangeManDS late Feb for training. :)
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>So any ideas on how to keep this managed?
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>Should I make manual branches in code base on my personal dev box? Maybe keep the Fri data as part of it's name?
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>Or is there a better way?
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>Never used SourceSafe for ASP.NET content, is that another thing to consider?