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We take a deep dive into the benefits of version control and version control systems. Learn more about versioning. Version control, also known as source control, is the practice of tracking and ...

You could say that the opposite of version control—from the perspective of internal software development—is chaos. If development teams don’t manage various ...

Microsoft announced on January 30 its roadmap for adding support for Git to its Visual Studio development-tool suite and Team Foundation app-lifecycle-management technologies. Cue flying pigs -- or ...

Git, the open source distributed software version control system pioneered by Linux founder Linus Torvalds in 2005, is now gaining real momentum with developers. But don’t count out rivals like ...

Version control is a fundamental tool in modern software development, enabling teams and individuals to track, manage, and collaborate on projects with confidence. Whether you're working on a simple ...

Wired takes a look at the origins of GitHub, from the beginnings of the Git version control software in 2005, to the company’s current roster of 1.3 million users. Wired takes a look at the origins of ...

Here at ProfHacker we’ve written a lot about backups, but never about version control. In fact, when I recently wrote “A Few Ways to Back Up Your Website”, I ...

Git ' celebrated its 20th anniversary since its first commit on April 7, 2025. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Git, GitHub is conducting an interview with ...

Complex, specialized tools are often made from simpler ones. Machines are built with power drills; software is built with code editors. And so the future of computing depends partly on coding ...