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I’m studying about version control through the book Controlling Versions with Git and Github (Code House).
At the beginning of the book the authors say that pre-git, in the mid-90s, there were already versioning tools.
Then a question arose: how the version control was made before the years 90?
One very used was the DPL/DPC (floppy disk / floppy disk) :-) Joking aside (but not so much, many people actually did it), here are some references: https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/a/310163 - highlight the image that shows a Timeline: https://i.stack.Imgur.com/hBZd0.png
– hkotsubo
GIT is a common tool, very well done, but is far from being the only one. I think the question starts from a wrong premise, as if GIT were a watershed. Not only is it not, but it took a long time to catch traction. For projects with centralized or small teams, it is neither the most practical nor the most intuitive. I would say that GIT is the "hammer" of versioning, the problem is that the staff not only use it in nail, but also use it in screw, glass cleaning, nail nailing, etc.
– Bacco
Just to clarify the closing: despite the different title, has answer with the historical part, including mentioning decades before the date of the question. Duplicates are solution-oriented, not the original title. If the link does not resolve the doubt, you can [Dit] the post and make more evident the parts that were not covered by the link. The answer I’m referring to is that it starts with A bit of history / Beginnings / Version control systems are very old. Some of the first known were CA Software Change Manager, Panvalet and SCCS in 1972. ...
– Bacco