One of the benefits with using SCM for all projects personal or not, is that a separate server can be set up testing a version of the code. The idea of one central repository is relaxed giving each developer the ability to version track different designs and only give back to the community the versions they complete. It is likely that tools like these will grow in popularity over the coming years as they allow a greater number of people to participate on the same code. However as some of the other posters have indicated, a personal project might benefit more from a distributed system: git is increasing in popularity since git-hub has come online and porting efforts to are succeeding. If your project is opensource there are sites like sourceforge that support svn which you can use for hosting. It relies on a central repository where the code is stored and can be backed up: where I have used SVN for personal projects and small team projects I have backed up to CD. Subversion is widespread, and is quite a good bet as it's successfully replaced the earlier and older CVS tool.
Beyond the obvious reasons for keeping track of your changes to the project it is a good idea to use SCM tools so you are familar with what the industry is using. These tools are not just for team working, although they allow team working. It is definitely a good idea to use version control software, and other project software on your own projects.
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