version control

Also 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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Commons category: Version control software
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/version-control
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10010502

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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.