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VersionControlSystem

(computer science) A version control system is something that keeps track of subsequent modified versions of a document or project.

Different systems

• RCS is a bit older than most other systems, and was designed for for single-developer projects.
• CVS is arguably the most popular version control system in existance. CVS (and most other modern versioning systems?) allow multiple users (unlike RCS).
• Subversion? -- a newcomer to the version control scene, and one that hopes to overcome the problems with other programs.
• BitKeeper? -- proprietary, but deserves mention here because the linux kernel? is developed using this software. (Yes, the problems with a non-open source license on BitKeeper? have caused problems with kernel devlopers?, etc...)

RobinsonTryon - 11 Apr 2003