摘要：Version control is an important activity in the overall software development. With the focus shifting to component-based systems in recent times, use of version control techniques in component-based systems assumes a great importance. Hence, every version control system needs a close monitoring and control. Various open-source version control systems are analyzed and compared. It is felt that there is a need to have a generic framework, which can handle multiple versions of different types of components. This study presents a framework for managing configuration management issues related with component versioning mechanism and their implementation using developed Visual Version Control Tool (VVCT). A set of metrics for close monitoring and control of whole versioning system is also suggested.
