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 === Types of version control tools ===
-Version control is a way of work, not a tool itself. There are many version control systems, some are more suitable for the VDF development cycle then others. We can identify the following types.
+Version control is a way of work, not a tool itself. There are many version control systems, some are more suitable for the VDF development cycle than others. We can identify the following types.
-Historical version control was done by directory backups e.g. by using zip and file naming. The result is many near identical copies. It also requires a lot of self discipline.
+Historically version control was done by directory backups e.g. by using zip and file naming. The result is very near identical copies. It also requires a lot of self discipline.
 Centralised version control has been very popular for years, where you have one centralised server and many remote clients. Examples are CVS, Subversion, Vault, Visual Source Safe and Team Foundation Server. These work very well when you are connected to the server. When not connected these are not giving much assistance.
 Distributed version control is the latest and most popular peer to peer version control tool. Examples are Mercurial (hg), GIT, BitKeeper etc.