Best version control for Opencart

Hi,

I am an experienced developer, new to opencart. Previously I have always used some form of version control for my code, mainly git. So, I know exactly what was changed and when.

But Opencart is different as there isn't any change in core files and modifications are managed by ocmod. So, even if I connect my website code to git, core files won't be changing. And ocmod changes are stored in DB so no use of got there.

I have understood ocmod and do modifications through that system but I was just wondering, as modifications grew, over time I won't be able to keep track of which file is affected by what modification and would be in a mess while writing new code. Because in single XML, you can add modification for multiple files of opencart.

So, I am just wondering if there are any best practices for this issue among Opencart community. OC used is 3.0.3.8