Version Control with Subversion

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Preface

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From Ben Collins-Sussman

Thanks to my wife Frances, who, for many months, got to hear, “But honey, I’m still

working on the book,” rather than the usual, “But honey, I’m still doing email.” I

don’t know where she gets all that patience! She’s my perfect counterbalance.

Thanks to my extended family for their sincere encouragement, despite having no

actual interest in the subject. (You know, the ones who say, “Ooh, you’re writing a

book?”—and then when you tell them it’s a computer book, sort of glaze over.)

Thanks to all my close friends, who make me a rich, rich man. Don’t look at me that

way—you know who you are.

From Brian W. Fitzpatrick

Huge thanks to my wife Marie for being incredibly understanding, supportive, and,

most of all, patient. Thank you to my brother Eric who first introduced me to Unix

programming way back when. Thanks to my Mom and Grandmother for all their

support, not to mention enduring a Christmas holiday where I came home and

promptly buried my head in my laptop to work on the book.

To Mike and Ben: it was a pleasure working with you on the book. Heck, it’s a plea-

sure working with you at work!

To everyone in the Subversion community and the Apache Software Foundation,

thanks for having me. Not a day goes by where I don’t learn something from at least ...