Another tool for sourcesafe replacement

Question

We've been using Microsoft Sourcesafe for a long time. It never failed us, but sometimes we had problems with it...like:

• Files disapearing
• Sometimes, when someone did some changes in a file, and checked it in, after a check out, the file wouldn't have the changes.
• etc, etc

We're looking for another version control tool for our projects. Preferably, an easy-to-use one.

What do you guys sugest?

Answer 1

If you'd rather stick with Microsoft, then there's Team Foundation Server.

Alternatively some other popular solutions that I've used and can vouch for:

• Git (although, this has a bit of a learning curve to use properly, but VERY powerful and my preferred source control system)
• Subversion
• Perforce

This is quite a subjective question though - so I'd recommend doing a bit of research yourself to see what most matches your requirements. Whatever you use, you'll notice a huge step up from Sourcesafe however!