CentralNotice Revision Control System From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For revision control systems in general, see Revision control . Revision Control System Original author(s) Walter F. Tichy Developer(s) GNU Project Initial release 1982 ; 32 years ago ( 1982 ) Stable release 5.9.2 [ 1 ] / November 29, 2013 ; 10 months ago ( 2013-11-29 ) Written in C Operating system Unix-like Type Revision control License GNU General Public License Website www.gnu.org/s/rcs/ The Revision Control System ( RCS ) is a software implementation of revision control that automates the storing, retrieval, logging, identification, and merging of revisions. RCS is useful for text that is revised frequently, for example programs , documentation, procedural graphics, papers, and form letters. RCS is also capable of handling bi...