More than backups
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More than Backups


Backups make retrievable snapshots of file status at a given point in time. They are scattered on different media and most have some recycle schedule so that older versions are lost forever. There is no documentation about who did what to which file and why.

Version control systems generally go further.
·Log changes with comments about what changed.  
·Allow easier retrieval of specific previous versions  
·Allow you to see what changed between versions  
·Allows branches - more on this later.  
·Store ALL versions in one place forever.