# Version Control

> A system that records changes to files over time so any version can be recovered, compared, or audited.

Record: `lexicon:version-control`
Kind: mechanism
Layer: [Resource Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/resource-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-version-control

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Manual Infrastructure Changes](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/manual-infrastructure-changes.md) and before [Applicable Standard](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/applicable-standard.md).

## Category

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)

## Required by

- [Infrastructure as Code](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/infrastructure-as-code.md)

## Linked from

- [Portability / Infrastructure / Deployment](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-portability-infrastructure-deployment.md)