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====Simplifies debugging==== Version control can greatly simplify debugging. The application of a test case to multiple versions can quickly identify the change which introduced a bug.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Appendix-C%3A-Git-Commands-Debugging |first1=Scott |last1=Chacon |first2=Ben |last2=Straub |publisher=Apress |edition=Version 2.1.395-2-g27002dd |title=Pro Git |date=2022-10-03 |access-date=2022-11-18 |quote=The git bisect tool is an incredibly helpful debugging tool used to find which specific commit was the first one to introduce a bug or problem by doing an automatic binary search. |archive-date=2024-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926165502/https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Appendix-C%3A-Git-Commands-Debugging |url-status=live }}</ref> The developer need not be familiar with the entire code base and can focus instead on the code that introduced the problem.
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