Method and system for automatically updating the version of a set of files stored on content servers

This application relates generally to distributing updates to geographically distributed servers on a network, and, more specifically, to enabling the version of each source file stored on heterogeneous content servers to be automatically updated. A method and system for managing the replication and version synchronization of updates to a set of source files on geographically distributed heterogeneous content servers with minimal impact on a network's bandwidth. The configuration of each content server is either manually entered or automatically determined. The current version of the source files are created on at least one source server. A Primary global server stores a copy of the current version of the set of the source files along with the configuration of each content server. The Primary global server generates and distributes a particular version change container and version distribution list to each remotely located Secondary global server. Each Secondary global server employs the version distribution list and the contents of the version change container to identify the current version of each source file necessary to upgrade the set of source files on each local content server. Each identified source file is copied to a sub-directory on each local content server associated with the Secondary global server. At each local content server, the renaming of each copied source file is employed to update to the current version of the set of source files on the content server. A versioned file tree repository for the set of source files includes archived objects. When the version distribution list identifies a previous version, the current version of source files on the local content servers can be rolled back to the previous version.