September 2008
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
13h 57m
English
book
Version Control with Subversion, 2nd Edition
by C. Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick
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Organization of This Book
The chapters that follow and their contents are listed here:
- Chapter 1, Fundamental Concepts
Explains the basics of version control and different versioning models, along with Subversion’s repository, working copies, and revisions.
- Chapter 2, Basic Usage
Walks you through a day in the life of a Subversion user. It demonstrates how to use a Subversion client to obtain, modify, and commit data.
- Chapter 3, Advanced Topics
Covers more complex features that regular users will eventually come into contact with, such as versioned metadata, file locking, and peg revisions.
- Chapter 4, Branching and Merging
Discusses branches, merges, and tagging, including best practices for branching and merging, common use cases, how to undo changes, and how to easily swing from one branch to the next.
- Chapter 5, Repository Administration
Describes the basics of the Subversion repository, how to create, configure, and maintain a repository, and the tools you can use to do all of this.
- Chapter 6, Server Configuration
Explains how to configure your Subversion server and offers different ways to access your repository:
HTTP, thesvnprotocol, and local disk access. It also covers the details of authentication, authorization and anonymous access.- Chapter 7, Customizing Your Subversion Experience
Explores the Subversion client configuration files, the handling of internationalized text, and how to make external tools cooperate with Subversion.
- Chapter 8, Embedding Subversion
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