[TYPO3-dev] Offline PHP Development with source control (Subversion, Git, etc.)

[Thomas "Thasmo" Deinhamer]

Hello folks!

Although I have some/little experience with handling subversion on a 
linux server, it's a bit unclear for me how I can set up a full working 
development environment for working on general projects (like websites 
for clients or private projects) and especially developing for TYPO3.

It would be cool if you could guide me into the correct direction. 
Currently I'm working on Windows and I'm wondering how to set up a 
development environment using subversion/git in combination with a 
decent PHP IDE.

Basically the website projects are located on a remote linux server, 
accessible via temporary, development urls. One requirement is that I'd 
like to work on those projects from my work/agency and from home.

Are there probably different "setups" how I could handle this 
preconditions and requirements or what would be the best way?

Until now I have always worked on projects directly via FTP/sFTP without 
any source control etc. and I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable when I think 
about implementing source control, working offline, committing those 
changes etc. - we also have some freelancers in our company/agency and 
I'm wondering if they also would be forced to use source control then or 
could still just work remotely?

I really appreciate any feedback and tips regarding this!

Best regards,
Thomas