Version Control

[Blinker]

Does anyone here use a version control system for tracking changes they make to template and source files when installing mods manually?

I have been told Subversion is good and I want to create a more robust system than simply downloading a template or source file, making a copy, editing it and upping it back to the server. It makes a mess of my hard drive and unless I name the file (or folder) verbosely then I have no idea which one I need if I want to revert unless I use the timestamps.

Thoughts, ideas, experiences?

Please note I am not wanting this because I am coding, only to keep track of changes I make as a user and an admin with mods and other little tweaks etc.

[Blinker]

Anyone have any thoughts on this?

[abyssknight]

I have my RC1 SMF install running and its versioned in a Subversion repository and set up to deploy through Capistrano. I have the same question mainly because of the Package Manager. I presume we can always pop open the package and manually apply the changes, right?

I need to do the RC1-1 and RC1-2 updates soon, figured I'd join the thread.