[#011] Version Control System
software tools that help software teams manage changes to source code over time.
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Today younger developers like me might have a hard time think of a world where the term “version control software(VCS)” wasn’t just referred to as Git, such a world existed not so long ago. An early implementation of a version control system was known as Revision Control System(RCS) It was originally authored by Walter F. Tichy
VCS helps high performing development and DevOps teams prosper, it’s the practice of keeping track of your activity with a set of code. VCS keeps track of every activity around a codebase in a special kind of database. It gives a developer the option of correcting his/her mistake if made, developers can turn back the clock and compare earlier versions of the code to help fix the mistake while minimizing disruption to all team members.
VCS like Git has become more popular among developers, in Stack Overflow’s 2015 developer survey, 69.3% of respondents used Git, almost twice as many as used the second-most-popular version control system, Subversion. There were lots of alternatives to choose from before the introduction of Git in 2005 by Linus Torvalds. It has been said that “Open source developers preferred Subversion, enterprises and video game companies used Perforce (some still do), while the Linux kernel project famously relied on a version control system called BitKeeper.”
Using version control software is a best practice for high performing Software Engineers, but while it is possible to develop software without using any version control, doing so denials the project the right of been professional. So the question is not whether to use version control but which version control system to use.
Again, I have curated a list of resources that will provide you with information for your decision in choosing a Version Control Software.
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