It all depends on how you work. In FoxPro I rarely use version control because it's such a pain in the butt given the filename issues, vcx versioning etc. Yes there are tools that help with it but it's still a pain.
As a single developer I opted for frequent backups rather than source control.
Source control has come a long way from how it used to work with Visual SourceSafe. You don't check out but rather merge changes which eliminates a lot of pain in the process.
Today working mostly in .NET I wouldn't even consider running without source control (I use GIT mostly but often SVN with customers). It's easy because it's integrated into the environment and tools exist to make it even easier to know what to submit and leave alone. The value of being able to roll back and compare changes has been a life saver in many situations.
There's definitely a learning curve, but once you've used source control with tools that are quick and efficient about it, it's hard to go back. It allows you to experiment a lot more because you can easily rollback all changes to a specific point in time.
If you're in a team environment there's no choice really - what else are you going to do? Manually copy files back and forth and hope no two people updated the same file???
If it's been a while since you looked at source control I'd recommend you give it another try. DSCS Systems like GIT are a bit of a mind bender at first, but once you get the concept it's much more flexible than stodgey single source tools.
+++ Rick ---
>>>He really said that.
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>I hate to admit it, but I agree with him.
>I've been doing this for decades and I've only seen one or two instances where a version control system might have been worth the effort it takes to buy it, learn it and deal with it day in and day out.
>As I saw it the cost of not having it was far less than the cost of having it.
>I know that there are some very smart people who insist on using it, so I'm probably missing something huge, but my practical nature doesn't let me find out what I've been missing all these years.
