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I am developing applications all the time and I rarely define the application versions. I have now realized that I need to do this for the Java Game I am making and I have no idea what to do.

I need some guidance (favorite word to use on CodeCall) on which version control system to choose and why.

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You probably, at least these days, want to pick up a Distributed Version Control System. They simply do the job better than centralized VCS'. I regularly use Git, and haven't had any trouble with it, but I don't know the requirements of your project.
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Git is Linux-centric (and originated to commit Linux kernel actually), you may benefit a bit from a discussion we had recently here:
http://forum.codecal...post297843.html

Regardless most of them are very similar for basic projects.
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Probably easier to offer advice if we knew what sort of environment you are working in - what platform, IDE, etc... are you comfortable with command-line tools... all that kind of thing.

But yes - source control, even if you're the only person on the project is a Good Thing ™.
Personally, I like git too, but then I'm almost always on Linux, and prefer commandline tools over IDEs, so YMMV.
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