What is source code management?

Software development involves writing code. Code is the only tangible aspect of the software, allowing the software to function. Therefore, you need to store code somewhere to write and make changes to existing software. There are two kinds of code – source code, which is written in a high-level language, and binaries, which are compiled from the source code. Generally, binaries are nothing but functional applications that execute when we run the software, and source code is the human-readable code written to generate the binary, which is why source code is named as such.

A software development team has multiple members writing software features, so they must collaborate on code. They cannot just write code on silos without understanding how the application works. Sometimes, more than one developer works on the same feature, so they need some place to share their code with their peers. Source code is an asset in itself; therefore, we want to...