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The Semantics of Version Control

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Wouter Swierstra,

Andres LöhAuthors Info & Claims

Onward! 2014: Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Symposium on New Ideas, New Paradigms, and Reflections on Programming & Software

Pages 43 - 54

https://doi.org/10.1145/2661136.2661137

Published: 14 October 2014 Publication History

Abstract

As software becomes increasingly complex, software configuration management is becoming ever more important. This paper shows how logics for reasoning about mutable state, such as separation logic, can also be used to give semantics for version control systems. By applying these ideas from the programming language research community, developers may reason formally about the broader software development process.

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The Semantics of Version Control
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software post-development issues
      1. Software version control
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Software configuration management and version control systems

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DOI:10.1145/2661136

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