Version control (also known as revision control) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. Version control increases reliability of information storage and ensures that all group users are using the same version of the information piece. Version control tools are particularly important in publishing and content delivery scenarios where distributed nature of content and media makes keeping all consumers updated with the latest version absolutely critical.

The need for Version Control:

Some of the most common reasons that make version control imperative:

• Configuration Identification- Every user should have the latest version
• Configuration Control- Controlling change of information
• Status Accounting- Recording and reporting the status
• Review- Ensuring completeness and consistency
• Teamwork - Facilitate team interactions
• Tracking- Making sure every change has traceability back to the source

Version Control with cyn.in

cyn.in is an open source collaborative knowledge management appliance delivered to entperises and small businesses in an On-Premise and SaaS model. cyn.in enables teams, companies or communities to create, manage, organize, store, version, search through, collaborate and share any kind of information. Traditionally version control tools have been used by software development companies to effectively manage the creation of source code, but with cyn.in you can benefit from a full-featured Automated Revision Control system to efficiently manage your information creation, collaboration and controlled distribution as well.

• Automatic Versioning: Using cyn.in all your data is under an automatic revision control system but this is transparent to users, every body sees the most current version of managed resources without you having to worry how it all happens.
• File Versioning: With cyn.in all files uploaded into your site are revisioned. Whenever any user updates a file, a new revision is created for the older file and the new one replaces it.
• Content Versioning: All content is also versioned in cyn.in. Any changes to any note are captured and stored in revisions.
• Automatic Revisioning:You can review the content and files in a particular prior revision to visually preview the information contained.
• Restore earlier revision: With cyn.in restoring a prior revision is a matter of a single-click.
• Version Meta-Tagging: Any time you save new revisions you can place a version content to meta-tag a revision with a tag text or comment to focus on what changes were made.

Benefits of cyn.in Revision Control:

• Automatic tracking and auditing of changes to content and files
• Protect shared resources that are under Rapid Development
• Enhance Creation Workflow and reduce defects incrementally
• Improve Productivity - Eliminate Rework and unnecessary changes
• Tag important versions for possible later recovery
• Visually track who-did-what
• Notifications every time new content is added to the system by email and RSS
• Streamlining of time-consuming business processes

Who uses Version Control Systems?

Any group can use cyn.in's revision control solution to manage multiple revisions of the same unit of information; these are some of the broad categories where usage is typical.