Revision Control System


Revision Control System

(software, tool)(RCS) A version control system thatautomates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, andmerging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revisedfrequently, for example programs, documentation, graphics,papers, and form letters.

Unix manual page: rcs(1).

["RCS -- A System for Version Control", Walter F. Tichy,Software--Practice & Experience 15, 7, July 1985, 637-654].