Both the concept and practice of revision control (also known as version control) are near and dear to my heart; a body of work as a technical writer, programmer, and project manager before moving ...

If you spend much time helping people with word processor programs, you’ll find that many people don’t really use much of the product. They type, change fonts, save, and print. But cross-references?

To understand Git and the concept of version control, looking at version control from an historical perspective is helpful. There have been three generations of version control software. The first ...