Version Control System

Local Version Control system

Everything is stored in local server.
RCS is an example. patches was stored in local data base. Adding the patches together will return the whole file.

Centralized Version Control system

Files are stored in a centralized server.
depends on the server

Perforce/CVS/SVN

Distributed Version Control System

Each clients does not just check out the last snapshot of files, they mirror the whole repository

Check in files into remove depot

Link

Git Document