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Files and folders versionning software
Written by David Grégoire | 8 January 2010 | 
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Very often, we edit or replace (or delete!) a file while working. More often when the file is located on an external drive, shared by multiple users and when, sadly, two or more decide to work on the same file simultaneously.
So I've been looking around and trying a few solutions to this problem.
Subversion (SVN) is a good and reliable versionning software, but it requires a specific architecture to work, and http://sparko.ca is at a too early stage to use this solution. Everyone would have to work locally and then update/checkout/commit their work when done.
We decided to use AutoVer, a freeware Windows application developped by an australian guy. (http://beanland.net.au/AutoVer/)
The program is easy to install, we can set up as many folders as we want, filter what will be backuped, and decide what to do with older versions. We can also compare different versions together.
In our case, I set up the program to backup all our projects files (located on a network drive) and save the versions on an external drive.
Every single time a user presses "save" from any program (Notepad++, Photoshop, Office...), a before-save version of the file is created with the same path on the other drive. Thus, the file
E:\projects\project1\html\hello.php
is saved under
F:\projects\project1\html\hello.php.JJMMAAAAHHMMSS.php
So then, each time an individual (i.e. Joel) deletes by mistake a file, we can restore it immediately!
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