> Impressive id went through development of Quake 3 with no version control.
I'd say that taking a backup of the code at the end of the day and sticking it all in a directory on a server somewhere constitutes version control. Especially as Id documented everything they did so thoroughly (based on Carmack's .plan files etc).
When SVN and Git came along they basically just streamlined and improved practices that a lot of devs were already following - and added some useful features like merging with proper conflict resolution and whatnot.
I'd say that taking a backup of the code at the end of the day and sticking it all in a directory on a server somewhere constitutes version control. Especially as Id documented everything they did so thoroughly (based on Carmack's .plan files etc).
When SVN and Git came along they basically just streamlined and improved practices that a lot of devs were already following - and added some useful features like merging with proper conflict resolution and whatnot.