I read an article by Joey Hess at ONLamp about how he keeps his whole life in version control.
In talking with Emory, I have discovered he does something similar. The concept is extremely attractive, but I’m not going to take the dive, I don’t think.
Why?
Because of Time Machine. All Time Machine is, really, is version control for personal computing. It’s bringing version control to personal documents and information but in a way that doesn’t scare the non-geek user. No command line stuff. No conceptual gap to bridge. (I admit, this plagued me for a long time in looking at Subversion; I’m still not sure I get it entirely.) Time Machine is version control without saying so. This is what Apple does: They make really powerful stuff for the end user that just works. Most folks don’t give two nickels about how or why version control works the way it does. They just want it to work. And that’s what Apple is bringing to Leopard in Time Machine.
So, is there any reason I should take the dive into Subversion and not just wait for Time Machine? What neat-o features of Subversion would I be possibly missing out on?
