Apache Subversion: Difference between revisions

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* Most current CVS features

* Directories, renames, and file [[meta-data]] are versioned

* Commits[[Commit]]s are truly [[Atomic (computer science)|atomic]]

* [[Apache HTTP server]] as network server, [[WebDAV]]/DeltaV for [[protocol]] (there is also an independent server [[process]] that uses a [[proprietary]] protocol over [[TCP/IP]])

* [[Branching]] and [[tagging]] are cheap (constant time) operations

* Natively [[client]]/[[server]], [[layered]] [[library]] design

* Client/server protocol sends [[diff]]s in both directions

* Costs are proportional to change size, not data size

* Efficient handling of [[binary]] files

* [[Parseable]] output (including [[XML]] log output)

* [[Open Source]] licensed — "[[CollabNet]]/[[Tigris.org]] Apache-style license"

Subversion has an [[Internet relay chat|IRC]] channel on [[Freenode|irc.freenode.net]] (#svn).

=== External links ===

* [http://subversion.tigris.org/ Subversion homepagehome page]

* [http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/ Browse the Subversion repository]