Choosing a version control package for document control?

I think what you're actually looking for is a document management system.

I think what you're actually looking for is a document management system. Version Control Systems (VCS), such as Subversion (the underlying technology behind TortoiseSVN), are fundamentally unsuited for your task due to their focus on tracking changesets among all files within a given project (i.e. One changeset/version can involve changes to many files within the project).

Another advantage of using a document management system is that they typically allow you to attach extensible metadata attributes to your documents in a much richer way than version control systems, as well as providing search capabilities.

Thanks for your reply. Sure, a DMS sounds like the sort of thing I'm looking for. Any suggestions of packages to suit my spec, i.e.

Word / Excel docs mainly, centrally controlled with version number included in a customisable page footer? – Greg Feb 10 at 4:36 Greg, I just found a list of open source DMS packages that you might want to look at: Alfresco (alfresco. Com) and Epiware (epiware.Com).

I haven't used either of them, so can't make a recommendation. – gravelpot Feb 24 at 17:11.

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