I need a software which can save all the previous versions of a file, with some kind of “auto commit”. I don’t want to use a remote server like github etc.
I am one of those noob programmers, who try to do everything by trial and error. But, sometimes, a change in the source code screws up things even more and I need to go back to an older version of the source. Today was even worse. My hard worked code got filled up completely with null bytes after a power faliure.
The answer is in the question. Install SVN (or another SCM).
And at least eclipse has a local history, in case you need to go back to something you haven’t committed. Don’t know about other IDEs.