Software Version Control

Controlling the Aspect Of Time

At any given point, be it prototype proof-of-concept, built a feature, etc., every developer would want to "freeze" that particular time and then proceed to further develop the product. By freezing that time point, it works as a checkpoint. Remember, a developer's job is to wander the world of randomness with his/her algorithmic prediction, not knowing the outcome can be good or bad.

Travel back in Time

With each checkpoint, a developer can have the ability to travel back in time to the last known working state. Hence, it gives a form of "assurance" that his/her existing exploration will not be thrown out in vain. These frozen time checkpoint allows them to restore to that last confident state instead of starting everything from scratch.

Tracking History

Time can be viewed in various perspectives. All the above was viewing from the "future" perspectives. If we view from the "past" perspectives, software version control allows us to track development metadata and metrics like listing the project contributors at code contribution level, when the contribution occurs, authenticity of the contributions, code fragments, etc.

A Kind of Time Travel Backup Solution

Hence, if we look at both perspectives, you can see that version control is some form of backup solution.

That's all about software version control.