We've all been told that we should backup our work when using a computer. Everyone accepts that we must keep multiple copies of important files, and most businesses automate the process. When it comes ...

Version control is critical for managing changes to source code over time. Tools that manage changes to source code, programs, documents, or other collections of information are known by a variety of ...

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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 ...