| | 1 | Version/source code control allows a team of software developers to efficiently share access to a common code-base. Version control systems allow users to check out source code, make changes and enhancements, merge their changes with the changes others have made (automatically in most cases), and check it back in to make their work visible to others. Version control systems tack each change (who made it, when, exactly what changed) and can roll back (undo) changes if something went wrong. Version control allows groups of source files to be tagged with an identifier (e.g. a release number) so those files can be easily retrieved in the future. ...and much more. |
