Winmerge is Windows only. I imagine this means this strategy can't be followed at all unless you use Windows? ;) The approach is an alternative, as in: you can

Winmerge is Windows only. I imagine this means this strategy can't be followed at all unless you use Windows? ;) The approach is an alternative, as in: you can do it. I used to work that way before I used version control, and I know I'm not the only one. I definitely prefer the workflow with version control, that's for sure, but some seem not to find it especially compelling when working alone and that is their prerogative. When you're working on your own, any process is fine, if you are comfortable with it. The object of the exercise is to create useful/interesting/etc. products for people to use/enjoy/etc. - and you'd have a hard time arguing that this is a goal Dwarf Fortress has failed to meet. (Unsurprisingly, I've yet to meet anybody that's preferred working without source control on shared code. But perhaps they do exist.)