subversion-book.gifSubversion is the defacto open source source version control system these days and a great improvement over cvs. It’s also a steal at the ripe price of free.

Great (and also free) documentation is available here: Version Control with Subversion.

To use any subversion repository you will need to install the client. For OS X, I wouldn’t recommend using Fink but rather downloading a pre-compiled binary, they are more up to date. Binaries for OS X are available here: partners.open.collab.net/apple.html

For eclipse, there’s a handy plugin called Subclipse.

For small projects or distributed development teams not looking to manage their own subversion server: unfuddle.com has a great hosted solution and an integrated milestone and ticketing system.