Εργαλεία ελέγχου σχηματισμών

Τα εργαλεία ελέγχου σχηματισμών επιτρέπουν την αυτοματοποίηση πολλών από τις διεργασίες που έχουμε περιγράψει. Μερικά γνωστά εργαλεία είναι τα RCS, SCCS, CVS και Visual Source Safe. Για παράδειγμα το εργαλεία CVS παρέχει τις παρακάτω εντολές:

add: Add a new file/directory to the repository
admin: Administration front end for rcs
annotate: Show last revision where each line was modified
checkout: Checkout sources for editing
commit: Check files into the repository
diff: Show differences between revisions
edit: Get ready to edit a watched file
editors: See who is editing a watched file
export: Export sources from CVS, similar to checkout
history: Show repository access history
import: Import sources into CVS, using vendor branches
init: Create a CVS repository if it doesn't exist
log: Print out history information for files
login: Prompt for password for authenticating server.
logout: Removes entry in .cvspass for remote repository.
rdiff: Create 'patch' format diffs between releases
release: Indicate that a Module is no longer in use
remove: Remove an entry from the repository
rtag: Add a symbolic tag to a module
status: Display status information on checked out files
tag: Add a symbolic tag to checked out version of files
unedit: Undo an edit command
update: Bring work tree in sync with repository
watch: Set watches
watchers: See who is watching a file