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| | Revision control -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Revision control is an aspect of documentation control wherein changes to (Writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)) documents are identified by incrementing an associated number or letter code, termed the "revision level", or simply " (The act of revising or altering (involving reconsideration and modification)) revision". |
 | | Traditionally, revision control systems have used a centralized model, where all changes to a project are submitted to a single, central server. |
 | | A few years ago, systems like BitKeeper and GNU arch began using a distributed model, where each developer works directly with their own local repository, and changes are shared between repositories as a separate step. |
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