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Software configuration management
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<p>Software configuration management (SCM), a.k.a. software change and configuration management (SCCM), is the <a href="/facts/Software_engineering/KX6cE9kz">software engineering</a> practice of tracking and controlling changes to a <a href="/facts/Software_system/mglVMfTA">software system</a>; part of the larger cross-disciplinary field of <a href="/facts/Configuration_management/BRDwuKRk">configuration management</a> (CM). SCM includes <a href="/facts/Version_control/pxCmFXqK">version control</a> and the establishment of <a href="/facts/Baseline_(configuration_management)/n7vaav6A">baselines</a>. </p>