About SVN

SVN tutorial

Often abbreviated as SVN, Apache Subversion is an open source version control system that was developed by CollabNet Inc in 2000 and has now developed into a project of the Apache Software Foundation, also part of a rich community of developers and users. This tutorial gives you an understanding of the SVN system and manipulates current and historical versions of files such as code, web pages, and documents.

Suitable for people

This tutorial is designed to make it easy for software professionals interested in SVN to get started. By completing this tutorial, you'll learn more about SVN to give yourself a higher level of expertise.

Learning prerequisites

Before you move on to this tutorial, you must have some understanding of simple terms, such as source code, documentation, and so on. Because you work on software projects at all levels under your organization, it would be good if you had the knowledge of software work in software development and software testing processes.

Version information

The demo code in the book is based on the following versions: