What is Use Of Version Control Software?
- Version control software allows the user to have “versions” of a project, which show the changes that were made to the code over time, and allows the user to backtrack if necessary and undo those changes.
- This ability alone – of being able to compare two versions or reverse changes, makes it fairly invaluable when working on larger projects.
- In a version control system, the changes would be saved just in time – a patch file that could be applied to one version, in order to make it the same as the next version.
- All versions are stored on a central server, and individual developers checkout and upload changes back to this server.
Introduction to Github
Nowadays software development takes place in a distributive way. This article focuses on one such technology that supports distributed software development i.e., GIT and it’s application via GitHub.