Version/Control

• Version control is the practice of tracking and managing changes to files over time.
  • Also known as revision control or source control.
  • It is a core component of source/control/management.

  • Tools

    • git — the most widely used distributed version control system
    • mercurial — a distributed version control system similar to git
    • svn — a centralized version control system (Apache Subversion)
    • cvs — an early centralized version control system (Concurrent Versions System)

  • Key Concepts

    • Repository — the storage unit that holds files and their change history
    • Commit — a snapshot of changes at a point in time
    • Branch — a parallel line of development
    • Merge — combining changes from different branches
    • Diff — the difference between two versions of a file