What is Version Control and why you should ALWAYS use it | 2022

What is Version Control? Version Control is the practice of tracking and managing changes to software code. Version Control Systems or VCS are tools that help manage code over time. If you're working in software development whether it's with a game engine like Unity or Unreal, or even something like web development, I would highly recommend using version control for every single project. There are several types of version control and I prefer Git while using JetBrains Rider to interface with my repository.

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[WeirdSeeds]

This felt like a personal attack (great video though!). Just got a corruption issue yesterday and lost about a day worth of work (iDrive saved my butt). Though I have no idea whether something else is corrupted and I will find out about it when I don't have a working backup version... so I'm switching to Git.

[sqwert]

I back up my whole projects as I test a lot of assets I make in Unity or UE. twice a week or major changes to a dated folder then once a month to my offline NAS

[undefined_account]

It is a bit egoistic that modern VCS oriented for code only. There is a lot of specific situation in programming which never can happens in hardware development. Just looking for simple centrilized VCS software with good graphical tree interface and flexible commit procedure for HW control. Let me know if you use one.

[Fenixmaiden]

I thought this might be a video on the new integration of Plastic SCM. Literally got the email today saying that it's switching over.