CSC/ECE 517 Fall 2010/ch1 1a vc
Introduction
Versioning Systems are typically used in a software facility(s), and employed for the primary purposes of collaborative work. While working on a project with common resources (files, folders, information etc.), it becomes essential to put a definite order on the sanctity of the data if the resources are editable.
For example, if there are 10 people working on an assignment, and 3 people are working on the same file. It becomes important on how they can add/modify data such that all are neither locked out waiting for a lock put by anyone, nor there is any inconsistency in the data.
Version control systems typically let us create versions of the resources, where each developer can work on a different version, therefore providing the flexibility. There are a whole bunch of features provided by the new Versioning Systems. We shall look at the evolution and history of the same in the subsequent sections.