svn_resources

Subversion Web Resources

subversion book: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/

quick reference card: http://www.cs.put.poznan.pl/csobaniec/Papers/svn-refcard.pdf

main website: http://subversion.tigris.org/

"best practices" document: http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/doc/user/svn-best-practices.html

a good "cheat sheet": http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jjb/web/svn.html

FAQ: http://subversion.tigris.org/faq.html

note license: Apache/BSD-style. NOT GPL.

mission: just to replace CVS with something better.

wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_(software)

Some Good Ideas (from best practices)

• commit logical changesets (see book, ch. 4)
• beware large files: svn keeps a pristine copy locally. can use at least x2 diskspace!
  • kept in .svn/text-base/ file
  • copies file to .svn/tmp, diffs against pristine copy, and sends diff to server
  • then moves tmpfile to .svn/text-base
• know when to create branches
• write useful log messages!

Some Notes

• getting an account @ AMNH
  • email me (joishi //attt\\ amnh []point[] org)
  • use SVN Manager to set up passwd (won't need it for much else)
• checkouts and starting up
  • svn co https://svn.amnh.org/repos/svn-tutorial <local name>
• revisions
  • logs: write good log messages!
  • one repository number
• status
  • much more useful than cvs's status. gives a simple list
• diffs interversion diffs
• updates mixed revisions
• conflicts: resolving
  • svn resolve
• backdating
  • using a date
  • using a revision number
• more advanced stuff: properties Id, time, etc.
• ignore: useful for .o; .pyc; *~; sometimes Makefile...