Revision Control System

Revision Control System
Original author(s)Walter F. Tichy
Developer(s)GNU Project
The OpenBSD project (OpenRCS)
Initial release1982 (1982)
Stable release
5.10.1 / 2 February 2022 (2 February 2022)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemUnix-like, V
TypeVersion control
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
2-clause BSD license (OpenRCS)
Websitewww.gnu.org/software/rcs/

Revision Control System (RCS) is an early implementation of a version control system (VCS). It is a set of UNIX commands that allow multiple users to develop and maintain program code or documents. With RCS, users can make their own revisions of a document, commit changes, and merge them. RCS was originally developed for programs but is also useful for text documents or configuration files that are frequently revised.