Editing Version control (section)

===Baselines, labels and tags===
Most revision control tools will use only one of these similar terms (baseline, label, tag) to refer to the action of identifying a snapshot ("label the project") or the record of the snapshot ("try it with baseline ''X''").  Typically only one of the terms ''baseline'', ''label'', or ''tag'' is used in documentation or discussion{{Citation needed|date=January 2010}}; they can be considered synonyms.

In most projects, some snapshots are more significant than others, such as those used to indicate published releases, branches, or milestones.

When both the term ''baseline'' and either of ''label'' or ''tag'' are used together in the same context, ''label'' and ''tag'' usually refer to the mechanism within the tool of identifying or making the record of the snapshot, and ''baseline'' indicates the increased significance of any given label or tag.

Most formal discussion of [[configuration management]] uses the term [[Baseline (configuration management)|''baseline'']].