Re: Version Control - Dates & Versions in File Names

["Lech Rzedzicki" <xchaotic -at- gmail -dot- com>]

My opinion is that you should definitely drop the date in a filename.
Not only are the reasons mentioned here valid, but what
file_10_01_08.doc really means?
It may be 10th of Jan or 1st of Oct in some places, heck it might even
mean 1908.
Standard date functions both in SCMs and filesystem take that into
consideration.

Furthermore if you want to release a document/docset to be used
outside of SCM repository, you create a point in time snaphot, in SVN
called a tag. Not obligatory but a very good practice - it usually
tagged with a date, to give it a unique name.

Finally, since you haven't decided on SCM yet, I suggest you go to
distributed system such as Mercurial or GIT instead of centralized
like CVS or SVN. The main advantage is that when you're not connected
to central repository, you can happily create new version in your
local repo and sync them later. Merges are usually automatic. Briefly
CVS < SVN < GIT.

Lech
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