"We don't currently use any source code version control software so I would especially be interested in hearing how subversion git/etc can help." Wow. The fun

"We don't currently use any source code version control software so I would especially be interested in hearing how subversion git/etc can help." Wow. The funny thing is, I hear this quite a lot from self-described "Web developers". I don't quite get how anyone can do any sort of development for very long without using a version control tool, but it seems quite common among the "Designers who know just enough PHP" crowd. My deployment process revolves around using git (and before that it was mercurial, and before that, svn). Rather than get into any details on it, you should first get acquainted with git and/or mercurial, learn why these kinds of tools are essential, and then get an understanding of deployment strategies. These might be helpful: http://people.canonical.com/~ianc/papers/dvcs-why-and-how.xhtml http://people.canonical.com/~ianc/papers/dvcs-why-and-how.xh... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2704996/describe-your-workflow-of-using-version-control-vcs-or-dvcs http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2704996/describe-your-wor... http://pythonnewbie.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/distributed-version-control-is-the-future/ http://pythonnewbie.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/distributed-ver...