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==History==

SourceSafe was originally created by a North Carolina company called One Tree Software. One Tree SourceSafe had gone through several releases in their 1.''x'' to 2.''x'' cycles, supporting [[DOS]], [[OS/2]] (with a [[Presentation Manager]] [[GUI]]), Windows, Windows NT, Mac, and Unix. When Microsoft bought OneTree in 1994,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE4DB1231F935A25752C1A962958260 |title=Company News; Microsoft Says It Has Acquired One Tree Software |publisherwork=The New York Times |date=November 16, 1994 |accessdate=2007-11-21}}</ref> they immediately ceased development on all versions except for Windows. Microsoft SourceSafe 3.1, Windows 16-bit-only and Macintosh,<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=MICROSOFT SHIPS SOURCESAFE SOURCE-CODE-MANAGEMENT SYSTEM|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MICROSOFT+SHIPS+SOURCESAFE+SOURCE-CODE-MANAGEMENT+SYSTEM-a016514393|publisher=The Free Library by Farlex|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref> rebranded One Tree 3.0 versions, were briefly available before Microsoft released a Version 4.0. With the acquisition of One Tree Software, Microsoft discontinued its source code control product at the time, Microsoft Delta.<ref>{{cite web|title=MICROSOFT CORPORATION ACQUIRES ONE TREE SOFTWARE|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MICROSOFT+CORPORATION+ACQUIRES+ONE+TREE+SOFTWARE-a015862138|publisher=The Free Library by Farlex|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Gross|first=Daniel|title=Go Configure|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pgcAAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA86&ots=klJZU8CXE4&dqq=%22microsoft%20delta+delta%22&pg=PA80#v=onepage&q=%22microsoft%20delta%22&f=false|accessdate=21 May 2014|newspaper=CIO Magazine|date=November 15, 1995}}</ref> After the acquisition, Mainsoft Corporation developed SourceSafe for UNIX in cooperation with Microsoft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mainsoft to ship Visual SourceSafe for UNIX|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Mainsoft+to+ship+Visual+SourceSafe+for+UNIX.-a017983649|publisher=The Free Library by Farlex|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref>

Later, Metrowerks, Inc. developed Visual SourceSafe for Macintosh in cooperation with Microsoft.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metrowerks Signs Exclusive License for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe on Mac OS|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Metrowerks+Signs+Exclusive+License+for+Microsoft+Visual+SourceSafe+on...-a018995298|publisher=The Free Library by Farlex|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref>

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Microsoft has since moved on to using [[Git]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/25/windows_is_now_built_on_git/|title=Windows is now built on Git, but Microsoft has found some bottlenecks|author= [[Richard Chirgwin]]|publisher=[[The Register]]|date=2017-05-25|accessdate=2017-06-01}}</ref>