[R] Which version control system to learn for managing R projects?

[Duncan Murdoch]

On 26/10/2010 12:16 PM, Tal Galili wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I wish to learn a version control system for managing my R (data analysis)
> projects.
>
> I know of SVN and github, and wonder if there is any reason for which I
> should prefer the one over the other (or any other platform). An example for
> a reason could be if it will make it easier for me to later work with
> R-forge or CRAN or any other platform for R code distribution.

R mainly uses svn so that might be an advantage.  On the other hand, git 
is newer and has some nice features.

Duncan Murdoch