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Revision control is a wonderful concept. Using revision control has helped me personally in managing content and source code. Traditionally revision control is used to track changes in source code files, but people has since extended revision control to manage other things such as system configuration files, web pages, term papers, and so on. In this article, I will focus on applying the revision control concept in managing content in web applications, for example, like how Wikipedia keeps track of changes in the articles (example).

Why?

Having a revision control is really useful when we want to keep a history of contents in our web applications. This history data can be used to revert changes to a certain revision, find out by whom and when certain changes are made, and visualise the differences between revisions. Accidental overwriting of content is no longer a problem with revision control in place. Aside from history, revision control can also help in a multi-user environment where many people may potentially work on the same content. In my opinion, these are the main benefits of having revision control.

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