What is version control?

Blueriq version management helps you keep track of and provide control over changes to your models.

When you start developing a new application, the first thing you need is a repository. This repository can be viewed upon as a sort of file folder where all your future application development will be stored.Version management is the management of changes to projects. It ensures that multiple developers can make different changes without interfering with each others work, that there always is a releasable version of the project and that the project can be released, even if not all features have been implemented. This last option can be helpful if a deadline has to be met.

Development in the repository starts with a single branch. Branches are formed over time when you develop your application and register (or commit) the changes you made in the version management system. Every time you register your changes, version management creates a so called revision. Each revision contains the state that your application was in at the time that the revision was made. A sequence of revisions is called a branch. So after creating your repository, your first branch will contain just one special revision called the working revision. The working revision contains the current state of your development.