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Windows file version history is an interesting example of UI inconsistent AND being broken as a result. It has been removed from settings (was in Win 10), but still exists in the control panel (where you can't configure folders to be included in file version history).

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I had no idea it even had that feature. File revision ought to a basic OS function and basic computer skill. One drive and Dropbox kind of give it to you. MacOS does it (you can save named revisions in addition to Time Machine working pretty well) but it’s not become a well-known feature for some reason. On the other hand these features may cause pain if they aren’t something that will survive copy operations, OS updates etc.

Version control is superfluous for simple stuff since you can just have:

Report.doc, report1.doc, report11.doc, reportfinal.doc, reportfinal2.doc

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