We take a deep dive into the benefits of version control and version control systems. Learn more about versioning. Version control, also known as source control, is the practice of tracking and ...

We discuss the differences between versioning and version control in a software development environment. Learn more. In software management, you will often hear about the concepts of versioning and ...

And every version control system must possess universal attributes, he notes. One, it should provide revision control on individual assets or objects. Two, it should provide the obvious version ...

Ever had a situation where you don't know what code is actually in production? How about when you need to do a hot fix and you break production software? Usually, this is the result of an unstructured ...

Git, the open source distributed software version control system pioneered by Linux founder Linus Torvalds in 2005, is now gaining real momentum with developers. But don’t count out rivals like ...

If you’re a Web developer, even minor errors — a simple typo in your code, for example — can create major problems. But you can easily track down and reverse such mistakes by setting up ...

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In medical-device software, an update isn’t just a new feature — it can directly affect patient safety. Every code change in a surgical-laser system must be fully traceable to its verification and ...

Here at ProfHacker we’ve written a lot about backups, but never about version control. In fact, when I recently wrote “A Few Ways to Back Up Your Website”, I ...

Here at my work we use both RCS and Clearcase. RCS is a lot quicker to use, but in my experience Clearcase is a lot more powerful. I guess it just depends on how you want to use your Version Control ...

Hi all; first off thank you in advance.<BR><BR>I'm a programmer but I appear to have unusual needs that don't appear to match up very well with how "normal" version control software works.<BR><BR>Our ...