Revision control

Revision control is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. It is most commonly used in engineering and software development to manage ongoing evolution of digital documents like application source code, art resources such as blueprints or electronic models and other critical information that may be worked on by a team of people. Changes to these documents are identified by incrementing an associated number or letter code, termed the "revision number", "revision level", or simply "revision" and associated historically with the person making the change. A simple form of revision control, for example, has the initial issue of a drawing assigned the revision number 1. When the first change is made, the revision number is incremented to 2 and so on.

Related Topics:
Document - Revision

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Software tools for revision control are increasingly recognized as being necessary for most software development projects.

Related Topics:
Software tools for revision control - Software development

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