Subversion

Subversion (also known as svn) is also a version control system designed specifically to replace CVS, which is considered to have many deficiencies. The following features are planned to be included in the first version:

• Most current CVS features
• Directories, renames, and file meta-data are versioned
• Commits are truly atomic
• Apache as network server, WebDAV/DeltaV for protocol
• Branching and tagging are cheap (constant time) operations
• Natively client/server, layered library design
• Client/server protocol sends diffs in both directions
• Costs are proportional to change size, not data size
• Efficient handling of binary files
• Parseable output

Subversion has an IRC channel on irc.freenode.net (#svn).

External links

• Subversion homepage (http://subversion.tigris.org/)