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Version control

Version control (also known as revision control, source control, and source code management) is the software engineering practice of controlling, organizing, and tracking different versions in history of computer files – primarily source code text files, but generally any type of file.

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Distributed revision control

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Version control

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples100
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

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Version control

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related to history · 17
Version control → After CVS, Concurrent Versions System, CVS, December, Git, IBM, IBM's OS/360 IEBUPDTE, OS/360, Panvalet, RCS, SCCS, SCCS's, Source Code Control System, Subversion, The Librarian, The Revision Control System, Two
related to Repository · 8
Version control → CVS, Depending, Git, In, Mercurial, Perforce, Some, Subversion
related to External links · 7
Version control → Better, Eric, SCM, Sink, Source Control, The, Visual Guide
related to Best practices · 4
Version control → Best, Following, Other, The
related to Change list · 4
Version control → CL, ID, On, This
related to Costs · 4
Version control → In, Management, The, Version
related to In business and law · 4
Version control → CAD, Indeed, The, Version
related to In game development · 4
Version control → As, Common, Game, Perforce
related to Pull request · 4
Version control → Contributions, Submitted, The, This
related to Version merging · 4
Version control → Merging, Most, The, These

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control version revision repository changes files file software one merge may code working system versions branch systems copy change commit

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Version controlis acomponent of software configuration management.A version control system is a software tool that automates version control0.90text
word processorsinstance ofversion control is embedded as a feature of some systems0.80text
spreadsheetsinstance ofversion control is embedded as a feature of some systems0.80text
collaborative web docsinstance ofversion control is embedded as a feature of some systems0.80text
and content management systemsinstance ofversion control is embedded as a feature of some systems0.80text
such as Wikipedia's page history.Version control includes options to view old versionsinstance ofversion control is embedded as a feature of some systems0.80text
to revert a file to a previous versioninstance ofversion control is embedded as a feature of some systems0.80text
Gitinstance offollowed by the rise of distributed version control tools0.80text
Gitinstance ofsome systems0.80text
consider changes to the data as a whole insteadinstance ofsome systems0.80text
which is less intuitive for simple changes but simplifies more complex changes.When data that is under revision control is modifiedinstance ofsome systems0.80text
after being retrieved by checking outinstance ofsome systems0.80text

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