Myself and my girlfriend house a large amount of files on our computers and we are soon looking to get a shared desktop. I suggested to her that we version control all files on an external drive / server to ensure that we can always roll back versions if we make a change we are unhappy with (although in reality, us using the same files would be rare).
I have been playing on and off with subversion for a little while. At work, we generally use Microsoft Visual SourceSafe (which I have heard some very strong opinions of) whilst at home I have been having a play with Tortoise SVN.
My biggest issue with Tortoise SVN is when checking in a document, the working folder is still treated like an active repository resulting in the need to delete the svn directory before you can once again check out to the folder.
Overall, I have not been completely happy with my experience with Tortoise SVN (sadly) and was wondering if you could all advise. I am ideally looking for something very similar to SourceSafe where all files can be maintained through a visual interface for checking out / checking in and a singular working folder can be set and checked out to / checked in from an infinite number of times.
Oh, and I would ideally like it to be free, but it's not a deal breaker.