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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B2%D9%86_(%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%84_%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AE%D9%87)" title="مخزن (کنترل نسخه) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مخزن (کنترل نسخه)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%80%EC%9E%A5%EC%86%8C_(%EB%B2%84%EC%A0%84_%EA%B4%80%EB%A6%AC)" title="저장소 (버전 관리) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="저장소 (버전 관리)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repozitorij_(nadzor_ina%C4%8Dica)" title="Repozitorij (nadzor inačica) – 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8B%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF_(%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%82)" title="റെപോസിറ്ററി (പതിപ്പ് നിയന്ത്രണം) – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="റെപോസിറ്ററി (പതിപ്പ് നിയന്ത്രണം)" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a 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distributed, like <a href="/wiki/Git" title="Git">Git</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mercurial" title="Mercurial">Mercurial</a>, or centralized, like <a href="/wiki/Apache_Subversion" title="Apache Subversion">Subversion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System" title="Concurrent Versions System">CVS</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Perforce" title="Perforce">Perforce</a>, the whole set of information in the repository may be duplicated on every user's system or may be maintained on a single <a href="/wiki/Server_(computing)" title="Server (computing)">server</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ernst-2018_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ernst-2018-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the metadata that a repository contains includes, among other things, a historical record of changes in the repository, a set of commit objects, and a set of references to commit objects, called <i>heads</i>. </p><p>The main purpose of a repository is to store a set of files, as well as the history of changes made to those files.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Exactly how each version control system handles storing those changes, however, differs greatly. For instance, Subversion in the past relied on a database instance but has since moved to storing its changes directly on the filesystem.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These differences in storage techniques have generally led to diverse uses of version control by different groups, depending on their needs.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Repository_(version_control)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GitLab_running_14.3.0-pre_(2021-08).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/GitLab_running_14.3.0-pre_%282021-08%29.png/220px-GitLab_running_14.3.0-pre_%282021-08%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/GitLab_running_14.3.0-pre_%282021-08%29.png/330px-GitLab_running_14.3.0-pre_%282021-08%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/GitLab_running_14.3.0-pre_%282021-08%29.png/440px-GitLab_running_14.3.0-pre_%282021-08%29.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>A repository being shown in <a href="/wiki/GitLab" title="GitLab">GitLab</a>, an open source code forge.</figcaption></figure> <p>In software engineering, a <a href="/wiki/Version_control_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Version control system">version control system</a> is used to keep track of versions of a set of files, usually to allow multiple developers to collaborate on a project. 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To make changes to it, a developer first works on a branch repository, and proceeds to commit the change to the former. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Forges">Forges</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Repository_(version_control)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Forges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Forge_(software)" title="Forge (software)">code forge</a> is a web interface to a version control system. A user can commonly browse repositories and their constituent files on the page itself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Static_web_hosting">Static web hosting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Repository_(version_control)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Static web hosting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While forges are mainly used to perform version control operations, some forges allow users to host <a href="/wiki/Static_web_page" title="Static web page">static web pages</a> by uploading its source code (such as <a href="/wiki/HTML" title="HTML">HTML</a> and <a href="/wiki/JavaScript" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>, but not <a href="/wiki/PHP" title="PHP">PHP</a>) to a repository. 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Systems with names <i>in italics</i> are no longer maintained or have planned end-of-life dates.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Free_and_open-source_software" title="Free and open-source software">Free/open-source</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Revision_Control_System" title="Revision Control System">RCS</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Source_Code_Control_System" title="Source Code Control System">SCCS</a> (1973)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Proprietary_software" 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title="Concurrent Versions System">CVS</a> (1986, 1990 in C)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CVSNT" title="CVSNT">CVSNT</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/QVCS" title="QVCS">QVCS Enterprise</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apache_Subversion" title="Apache Subversion">Subversion</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proprietary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AccuRev_SCM" title="AccuRev SCM">AccuRev SCM</a> (2002)</li> <li>Azure DevOps <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azure_DevOps_Server" title="Azure DevOps Server">Server</a> (via <a href="/wiki/Azure_DevOps_Server#TFVC" title="Azure DevOps Server">TFVC</a>) (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Studio#Azure_DevOps_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Visual Studio">Services</a> (via <a href="/wiki/Azure_DevOps_Server#TFVC" title="Azure DevOps Server">TFVC</a>) 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