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, and is also part of a rich community of developers and users.

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

Who should read this tutorial?

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 understand the use of SVN step by step.

What you need to know before reading this tutorial

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

Subversion usage

Although in 2006 the user base of Subversion 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, 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 collaboration networks for free software development, such as SourceForge, now offer project developers 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 should read this tutorial?

What you need to know before reading this tutorial

Subversion usage

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