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	Numerous videos about Subversion and its features can be found on the [http://www.youtube.com/user/wandisco1 YouTube channel] of one of the developers.		Numerous videos about Subversion and its features can be found on the [http://www.youtube.com/user/wandisco1 YouTube channel] of one of the developers.

			==Entities using Apache Subversion==


	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

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'''Apache Subversion''' (often abbreviated '''SVN''', after the command name ''svn'') is a top-level Apache open-source software versioning and [[revision control]] project being built and used by a global community of contributors. Developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. Its goal is to be a mostly-compatible successor to the widely used Concurrent Versions System (CVS).

The open source community has used Subversion widely, including in projects such as Free Pascal, FreeBSD, Django, Ruby, SourceForge, PHP, and MediaWiki. Google Code also provides Subversion hosting for their open source projects.

The corporate world has also started to adopt Subversion. A 2007 report by Forrester Research recognized Subversion as the sole leader in its standalone software configuration management (SCM) category and as a strong performer in its software configuration and change management (SCCM) category.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.collab.net/forrester_wave_report/index.html |title=Subversion named sole leader in the Forrester 2007 Wave Report for standalone SCM |publisher=CollabNet, Inc |date=29 May 2007 |accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref>

==Product history==

CollabNet founded the Subversion project in 2000 as an effort to write an open-source version-control system which operated much like CVS but which fixed the bugs and supplied some features missing in CVS. By 2001, Subversion had advanced sufficiently to host its own source code.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://svnbook.red-bean.com/en/1.7/svn.intro.whatis.html#svn.intro.history |work=Version Control with Subversion (for Subversion 1.7) |title=What is Subversion? > Subversion's History |author=Collins-Sussman, Ben; Brian W. Fitzpatrick; C. Michael Pilato |date=2011 |accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref> In November 2009, Subversion was accepted into Apache Incubator: this marked the beginning of the process to become a standard top-level Apache project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sdtimes.com/link/33886 |title=Subversion joins forces with Apache |author=Rubinstein, David |publisher=SD Times |date=4 November 2009 |accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref> It became a top-level Apache project on February 17, 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://subversion.wandisco.com/component/content/article/1/43.html |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110512171259/http://subversion.wandisco.com/component/content/article/1/43.html |archivedate=12 May 2011 |title=Subversion is now Apache Subversion |date=18 February 2010 |accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref>

==Features==

The main features of Apache Subversion include<ref>{{cite web |url=http://subversion.apache.org/features.html |title=Apache Subversion Features |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |accessdate=15 March 2012}}</ref>:

* the core features of [http://cvs.nongnu.org/#TOCintroduction CVS]
* directory versioning
* action versioning
* metadata versioning
* revision numbers per-commit
* simplified branching and tagging
* merge tracking
* file locking
* preserved executable flags
* interactive conflict resolution
* repository-based read-only mirroring

==Hardware/software requirements==

Subversion can be installed from either a [http://subversion.apache.org/source-code.html#source-release source code release] or a [http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html prepackaged binary file]. Depending on the type of install you select and the operating system you use, installation requirements may vary slightly.

==Videos, screenshots, and other media==

Numerous videos about Subversion and its features can be found on the [http://www.youtube.com/user/wandisco1 YouTube channel] of one of the developers.

==Further reading==

* {{cite web |url=http://subversion.apache.org/docs/ |title=Apache Subversion Documentation |publisher=Apache Software Foundation}}

==External links==

* [http://blogs.wandisco.com/ WANdisco Subversion Blog]
* [http://wiki.apache.org/subversion/ Apache Subversion Wiki]
* [http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Configuration_Management/Tools/Subversion/ Subversion] on the Open Directory Project

==References==
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