Abstract: A method for providing access to multi-file related tasks with version control is provided, including: receiving, through a task interface application executed by a client device, a command to open a task for processing by a local tool application on the client device, the command to open the task further identifying a specific version of the task; responsive to the command to open the task, transmitting, from the client device over a network to a server, a request for a plurality of files associated to the specific version of the task; receiving, by the client device over the network from the server, the plurality of files associated to the specific version of the task; initiating, by the task interface application, opening of the received plurality of files by the local tool application for editing on the client device.

Abstract: A version control system implemented on at least one server computer is provided, including: a database that stores a plurality of tasks, each task having one or more versions, each version of a given task having files that are associated thereto; a server process that manages versioning of the tasks; wherein responsive to a request to check-out a first version of the given task, the server process retrieves and serves files associated to the first version of the given task; wherein responsive to a request to check-in the previously checked-out first version of the given task, the server process generates a second version of the given task, and receives and stores files in association with the second version of the given task.

Abstract: A method for providing access to multi-file related tasks with version control is provided, including: receiving, through a task interface application executed by a client device, a command to open a task for processing by a local tool application on the client device, the command to open the task further identifying a specific version of the task; responsive to the command to open the task, transmitting, from the client device over a network to a server, a request for a plurality of files associated to the specific version of the task; receiving, by the client device over the network from the server, the plurality of files associated to the specific version of the task; initiating, by the task interface application, opening of the received plurality of files by the local tool application for editing on the client device.