Subversion, a version control system. ===================================== $LastChangedDate$ Contents: I. A FEW POINTERS II. DOCUMENTATION III. PARTICIPATING IN THE SUBVERSION COMMUNITY IV. QUICKSTART GUIDE V. CONVERTING FROM CVS I. A FEW POINTERS For an overview of the Subversion project, visit https://subversion.apache.org/ Once you have a Subversion client you can get the latest version of the code with the command: $ svn co https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/subversion/trunk subversion II. DOCUMENTATION The main documentation is the Subversion Book - an on-line version can be found at: https://svnbook.red-bean.com/ It is written in DocBook XML, and the sources can be found at: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/svnbook/source/trunk/ If you wish to build the documentation from source, read the en/README file within the book source. III. PARTICIPATING IN THE SUBVERSION COMMUNITY First, read https://subversion.apache.org/docs/community-guide/ It describes Subversion coding and log message standards, as well as how to join discussion lists. Talk on IRC with developers: irc.libera.chat, channel #svn-dev. Read the FAQ: https://subversion.apache.org/faq.html IV. QUICKSTART GUIDE See the final section of the first chapter of the Subversion Book. V. CONVERTING FROM CVS If you're a CVS user trying to move your CVS history over to Subversion, then be sure to visit the 'cvs2svn' project: https://github.com/mhagger/cvs2svn If you are running a Linux or BSD-based system, your distribution might have a cvs2svn package. If cvs2svn doesn't meet your needs, you might try refinecvs written by Lev Serebryakov: http://lev.serebryakov.spb.ru/refinecvs/ Please note that cvs2svn and refinecvs are *separate* projects from Subversion. If you have problems or are confused, contact the authors, not the Subversion lists. Finally, be sure to see Appendix B in the Subversion Book. It contains a very quick overview of the major differences between CVS and Subversion.