version control
Sign in to saveAlso known as revision control, source control, source control management, source code management, SCM
activity of managing the versions of one or more files
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Version control is a component of software configuration management.
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