Version Control, A.k.a.
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Local Version Control kerfi

Centralized Version Control kerfi

Distributed Version Control kerfi

Version Control Benefits

Sandboxing

Branching and merging

Repository

Working copy

"Check out"

Locking

Non-locking

Trunk

Branch

Tag 

Commit

Add

Head 

Revision

Change 

Change list 

Merge 

Conflict

Revert

Rollback

Version Control Limitations

When there is a conflict, the VCS may report a conflict and not let you commit — it’s up to you to commit a newer version that resolves this dilemma.
A few approaches:

Not the (main) purpose of VCS:

Centralized version control focuses on :

Distributed version control focuses on :

Centralized VCS are not good in

Distributed systems make branching and merging :

push:

pull:

Distributed Version Control
Key Advantages:

Distributed Version Control
Key Disadvanges: