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Nearly every VCS has some form of branching support. Branching means you diverge from the main line of development and continue to do work without messing with that main line. In many VCS tools, this is a somewhat expensive process, often requiring you to create a new copy of your source code directory, which can take a long time for large projects.
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(2009). Git Branching. In: Pro Git. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1834-0_3
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