Version Control System (VCS)

VCS or more strictly Source Code Control System (SCCS) is a system that track the changes of information within a centralize entity, called repository. It should not only contain files with various format, but also archive a history of changes and their relationship to each other, sometimes even the version of other program used such as #compiler and #operating-system.

It features various functionalities, but not always, for the developers to take advantage of in order to ease the revision control:

viewing the change history
undoing changes
noting the author of the change#
viewing differences between versions
viewing the changes made by current version
tagging releases (assigning version)
branching

@Hunt1999 advices to use VCS in every places possible even in small projects, prototypes#, documentation# as it is of a great archiving tool to have.

Some software fall under this category:

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GNU Revision Control System (RCS)
Concurrent Version System (CVS)
Aegis Transaction-Based Configuration Management
ClearCase
MKS Source Integrity
PVCS Configuration Management
Visual SourceSafe
Perforce

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The Pragmatic Programmer

Source code control system (SCCS)# or configuration management system# should be used in order to keep track of every change happen in the code base, whether it is about the source code or the documentation, and even the version for the #compiler and #operating-system. So, you have the ability to undo some changes happen in the past and/or go back to the previous version of the software due to inaccuracy or build failure.
Showing Contributors

In #202208131616, there will always be a way to show and rank the contributors.
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

It makes the underlying infrastructure scalable especially for cloud environment# environment. Since the set-up is coded into a file, Version Control System (VCS)# could be used on it, where human errors can be traced and reverted easily to reduce inconsistency.
HashiCorp Terraform

Terraform is an #open source automation tool used for #Infrastructure as Code (IaC) which is available in multiple platforms such as Windows, Apple and Linux. It can manage on-premise server, Cloud Computing# (AWS, Azure, Google Could Platform), #Virtual Machine (VM) (VMWare), Version Control System (VCS) and protocol (HTTP, TLS, Domain Name Server (DNS)) using Terraform Providers# available in Terraform Registry#.
Git

Git is a free and open source #Version Control System (VCS) that was developed by Linus Torvalds, who is also the creator of Linux, and now maintained by the community. The repository can be hosted on various provider such as GitHub and GitLab.
Code Generator

A passive code generator needed only to run once. It is basically parameterised templates which generates a given output from a set of inputs. The output of it will become the source file (could be templates, source code, copyright notices, standard comment block etc.) in the project, which can be edited, compiled, and placed under 202208131616#, fully independent of the code generator.
Automation Controller

The basic unit for Automaton Controller is Automation Job. It consists of project (collection of 202204272036# with 202208131616# or within the Automation Controller instance), credential such as CyberArk and Vault and 202204272043# which composed of 202206151453#, username, and access method (202205251209, 202205191908, API). Automation Job could be defined in a Job Template.

#vcs #compiler #operating-system