Who Is This Book For?
Most developers have at least some experience with a source control tool and are expected to fluidly switch between tools depending on where they are working. This book was written to bridge the gap between knowing something about version control and knowing about Subversion specifically.
Pragmatic Guide to Subversion will quickly get you up to speed on Subversion. We don’t spend a lot of time covering the philosophy of version control or trying to persuade you it’s a good idea to store your files somewhere safe. If you are interested in a broader discussion of version control concepts and some of the reasoning behind what we do, check out Pragmatic Version Control using Subversion (2nd edition) (out of print) [Mas06] ...