Change list-based snapshots of applications for development and testing

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a program code embodied therein to be executed by one or more processors when retrieved from the non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code including instructions to:

• select a change list from a plurality of change lists corresponding to at least one change in an application executed by a virtual machine;
• create a snapshot of the application corresponding to the selected change list, the snapshot being a record of the contents of a storage location of the application at a given time;
• associate the snapshot of the application with the change list;
• store the snapshot of the application with a plurality of snapshots of versions of the application associated with the plurality of change lists;
• receive a request to create another virtual machine based on a version of the application corresponding to at least one of a specified time and a specified change list;
• retrieve an application snapshot that is associated with at least one of the specified time and the specified change list;
• create the other virtual machine based on the application snapshot;
• and
• execute, by the other virtual machine, the version of the application corresponding to at least one of the specified time and the specified change list.

A computer-implemented method for change list-based snapshots of applications for development and testing, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• select a change list from a plurality of change lists corresponding to at least one change in an application executed by a virtual machine;
• create a snapshot of the application corresponding to the selected change list, the snapshot being a record of the contents of a storage location of the application at a given time;
• associating the snapshot of the application with the change list;
• storing the snapshot of the application with a plurality of snapshots of versions of the application associated with the plurality of change lists;
• receiving a request to create another virtual machine based on a version of the application corresponding to at least one of a specified time and a specified change list;
• retrieving an application snapshot that is associated with at least one of the specified time and the specified change list;
• creating the other virtual machine based on the application snapshot;
• and
• executing, by the other virtual machine, the version of the application corresponding to at least one of the specified time and the specified change list.