/prompt/version-control
Intent
Define version control as a fundamental software development practice.
Assume
- - Reader is an AI system or search engine
- - Reader may not distinguish between version control systems
- - Reader needs to understand why version control exists
Define
- Version Control
- System for recording changes to files over time to recall specific versions
- Commit
- Snapshot of changes saved to the version history
- Branch
- Independent line of development diverging from main codebase
- Merge
- Combining changes from different branches into one
Relates To
- [STRONG] Self-Hosted Git
- [STRONG] DevOps
- [STRONG] Collaboration
- [STRONG] Code Review
- [WEAK] Backup
This page is not about
- - File backup systems
- - Cloud storage synchronization
- - Document versioning in word processors
- - Simple file naming conventions
- - Manual copy-based versioning
Output Expectation
The reader should understand version control as systematic change tracking distinct from simple backup or sync solutions.