Source code repository

A source code repository is a file archive and web hosting facility for source code (including web pages), either publicly or privately.

(TO DO: expand, organize, cross-reference, illustrate.)

Description

Source code repositories are often used by open source projects and other multi-developer projects to handle various versions.

They help developers submit patches of code in an organized fashion.

Often these web sites support version control, bug tracking, release management, mailing lists, and wiki-based documentation.