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Adventures In Version Control

Simple source code security

For any development organisation, the security of the development source code is paramount. And yet, many organisations simply rely on standard backups to ensure them against data loss or corruption. Whilst this certainly provides an element of protection, it is far from an effective solution.

During any development project, files will be edited and saved continuously as functionality is added and refined. Very few development projects contain just one file; the overwhelming majority are made up of numerous pieces of source code which interlink and reference each other extensively. A single change to a software product may involve numerous small edits ...read more

Posted by DAN HALFORD on Monday, 8 February 2010 at 3:30 AM
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