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, software codes, files, groups of files, and other collections of data.

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.

Related lectures

• Project Management Quarter.