

If you have a change of heart about some of these changes you also need to work out which date the changes were made in order to go back to a previous version. It is possible that some of these changes were small typo fixes but the changes could also have been a major re-write or re-structuring of a document. Primarily this system doesn’t record or describe the changes that took place between these two saves. Though this system might be slightly easier to follow, there are still problems with it. Often this is done by saving different versions of the files. Many people will have introduced some sort of version control systems for files. At a basic level version control involves taking ‘snapshots’ of files at different stages. It is helpful to understand what version control is and why it might be useful for the work you are doing prior to getting stuck into the practicalities. If you use Linux you will probably already be familiar with the command line and will be able to use the Command Line version of Git. GitHub Desktop Classic is currently only available for Mac.

be aware of other resources that will help you implement version control in your academic writing.

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