I've just installed vcscommand.vim, which integrates version control into vim. I was trying it out and was getting the error "No suitable plugin" whenever I ran a command. Turns out this was because I wasn't actually in a working directory, I was in the directory I initially imported. So, remove the directory and then checkout the source, now all good.

I'm a two-bit hacker. Most code I've written to date is small and self contained, rarely more than a couple of files. For that reason, I always thought that version control was a bit overkill--a good idea, but not really worth the effort on small projects. However, at work we do use version control and it's been an interesting experience. The main selling point for version control software is the ability to track changes, but I've found that the changes that using version control software has made to my coding practice have been the most useful. Instead of hacking away ...
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