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Version control practices

Version control practices

- One of the key differences between operation staff and developers has been their use of version control. For years, developers have used version control, but for operations organizations, that simply wasn't common practice. - Yeah, well, nowadays it's a must. So let's see how version control fits into the flow of our pipeline. - [Man 1] Version control, also referred to as source control or revision control contains all the source code for your project, and maintains the current and historical state of that code. - [Man 2] Yeah, the goal is to use version control for operations, development, QA, security, and every other team needed to deliver the software. - Let's dig into some best practices that we recommend for version control. - [Man 2] All right, the first rule of virtual control is you always use version control. - This means no project is too small not to use it. Even build scripts or Cron jobs, everything…

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