What exactly does SCM stand for?
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In the software world, it seems to me that SCM is an unfortunately overloaded acronym.
It can mean:-
Which one of these is the dominant term? Do they mean the same thing?
To me Source Code Management is essentially synonymous with Version Control. Whereas Software Configuration Management is a larger subject, which potentially includes Build and Release Management as well.
However looking on Wikipedia, it lists Subversion as a Software Configuration Management tool, which is at most only tangentially true.
Build and Software Management has come up before, but nothing definitive has been said on the matter, unfortunately.
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