SVN Tutorial

Apache Subversion, often abbreviated as SVN, is an open-source version control system. Subversion was developed by CollabNet Inc in 2000 and has now grown into a project of the Apache Software Foundation, also part of a rich community of developers and users.

Compared to RCS and CVS, SVN adopts a branch management system; its design goal is to replace CVS. Most free version control services on the Internet are based on Subversion.

Who is this tutorial for?

This tutorial is for software developers who have version control needs and are interested in SVN to learn the basics of SVN. Through this tutorial, you can learn how to use SVN step by step.

Knowledge you need to know before reading this tutorial

Before continuing with this tutorial, you must have some understanding of simple terms, such as source code, documentation, etc. If you have work experience in software development or software testing, that would be best.

Subversion Usage

Although in 2006 the Subversion user community was still far smaller than that of traditional CVS, many open source groups had already decided to convert from CVS to Subversion. Those that have switched to Subversion include FreeBSD, the Apache Software Foundation, KDE, GNOME, GCC, Python, Samba, Mono, and many other groups. Many teams switched to Subversion because of the project management environment provided by Trac. In addition, some collaborative networks for free software development, such as SourceForge, now provide project developers with Subversion as a source code management system in addition to CVS. JavaForge, Google Code, and BountySource use Subversion as their official source code management system.

SVN Tutorial

Who is this tutorial for?

Knowledge you need to know before reading this tutorial

Subversion Usage

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