1. SVN / Apache Subversion Raymond Calderon 4/15/2010

2. What is Subversion? Apache Subversion since 2-17- 2010 Open-source, centralized version control system-- a sort of safe haven for valuable data Supports the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.

3. Subversion client For Windows OS Implemented as a windows shell extension It’s Free!

4. History The Subversion project was started in 200 by CollabNet Inc. Developers. In an effort to replace CVS. In November 2009 it was accepted into Apache Incubator. On February 17 it became a top-level apache project.

5. Why bother? Why not X,Y,Z? Commits are true atomic operations. Renamed/copied/moved/removed files retain full revision history Branching and tagging Natively client/server, layered library design Open source licensed File locking

6. Why bother? Why not X,Y,Z? Why not just use Dropbox? ◦ It doesn’t have full revision history. ◦ Doesn’t keep a log. ◦ Not particular for development. Why not Google Docs? ◦ Smart Merge ◦ Smart Conflict resolution

7. Who uses Subversion? The Open Source Community ◦ Free Pascal, FreeBSD, GCC, Django, Ruby, Mono, SourceForge, ExtJS, PHP. Industry has also begun to adopt Subversion. It doesn’t necessarily have to be used to development though.