Development projects require a team of developers all working on the same code at the same time. With this level of collaboration comes the risk of something going ...

When I wrote last month about the state of Linux file synchronization, I argued that most native Linux solutions are too complex or don't provide a sufficiently seamless user experience. Some ...

We've watched many of our favorite open source libraries migrate from Google Code hosting to BitBucket and GitHub lately. The main reason is that most of the projects wanted to move from centralized ...

Version control is critical for managing changes to source code over time. Tools that manage changes to source code, programs, documents, or other collections of information are known by a variety of ...

Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Perforce is provider of enterprise-grade development operations software solutions Snowtrack has been rebranded as P4 One, part of Perforce’s version control and ...

Where Git fits in your distributed version control system tool belt Follow these Git commit message guidelines Where system, global and local Windows Git config files are saved How Atomist's Rod ...

Git, the open source distributed software version control system pioneered by Linux founder Linus Torvalds in 2005, is now gaining real momentum with developers. But don’t count out rivals like ...

Version control woes are still a real issue. Of course, control system integrators try to manage all the content associated with your projects, but sooner or later things can get out of hand and they ...

Code hosting site SourceForge.net is moving into the future with new features and support for modern version control systems. These changes could make SourceForge a real contender again. Although ...

Branch management is the most difficult part of distributed version control system (DVCS) management. How developers separate the code they write for feature enhancements from hotfixes or public ...