Source-Code Repository

A Source-Code Repository is a repository of source code.

• Example(s):
  • a GitHub Repo (of source code).
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Bug Tracking System.
  • a Confluence Document Management System.
  • a Wiki.
• See: Web Page, Open-Source Software, Version Control, Release Management.

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References

2019

• (Wikipedia, 2019) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_source-code-hosting_facilities Retrieved:2019-11-18.
  • A source-code repository is a file archive and web hosting facility for source code of software, documentation, web pages, and other works, accessible either publicly or privately. They are often used by open-source software projects and other multi-developer projects to maintain revision and version history, or version control. Many repositories provide a bug tracking system, and offer release management, mailing lists, and wiki-based project documentation. Software authors generally retain their copyright when software is posted to a code hosting facilities.

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