Code Craft

Configuration Management

Software configuration management is a subject bound closely with, although often mistaken for, source control. It’s actually a world beyond the storage of source code.

TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

Source control is our primary weapon in the battle to safeguard code. It’s an essential tool that no software craftsman could live without. We’ve already seen the various names used to describe it. They are used interchangeably, but each one reveals a specific aspect of its operation:

Source control

Also known as source code management, this is a mechanism to manage the files of code that we write. It maintains the files and their directory structure; it also marshals concurrent access to and modification of the code.

Version control

Otherwise ...