Version control system

Version control system (also known by its acronym VCS; alternatively known as revision control system or, simply, version control; hereinafter, the System) is the system that is set for version control. The System controls versions or revisions of documents, source codes, files, groups of files, collections of data, and/or other resources.

Version control

Main wikipage: Version control

Version control is a core part of configuration management.

Implementations

As a part of an application

MediaWiki

As stand-alone software

Apache Subversion.

See also

Related lectures

• Project Management Quarter.
• Systems of the Lab.