Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for migration from a centralized version control system to a distributed version control system. The method includes defining a set of applications of an installation that is to be migrated from a centralized version control system, each application including programs for executing tasks with program calls used to communicate between the programs. The method provides distributed version control repositories for each of the applications. The method accesses source code for the installation, including metadata relating to include files and data structures used by programs in the source code. For an identified include file, it is determined if there is a single owning application and this information and the include file is sent to a distributed version control repository for the owning application.