Open Source Version Control Software

WinMerge is a Windows tool for visual difference display and merging, for both files and directories. It is highly useful for determining what has changed between file versions, and then merging those changes. WinMerge has Unicode support, Flexible syntax coloring editor, Visual SourceSafe integration, and Windows Shell integration. Regexp filtering for filenames and lines. Side-by-side line difference and highlights differences inside lines. A file map shows the overall file differences in a location pane. The user interface is translated into several languages.

This script can be used to copy files (usually binary distributions of programs) to a remote server while preserving all the old versions of these distributions. It can also create and change symbolic links that point to certain distributions.