Apache Subversion

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Apache Subversion (also called subversion repository and SVN) is an internet software mainly used by software programmers. Subversion allows other developers to view the code easily.

Original author(s)CollabNet
Developer(s)Apache Software Foundation
Initial release20 October 2000; 23 years ago (2000-10-20)
Written inC
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeRevision control
LicenseApache License 2.0

To download files in a directory of a subversion repository, one can "checkout" using a subversion client.

Further reading

  • C. Michael Pilato, Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick; Version Control with Subversion; O'Reilly; ISBN 0-596-00448-6 (1st edition, paperback, 2004, full book online, mirror)
  • Garrett Rooney; Practical Subversion; Apress; ISBN 1-59059-290-5 (1st edition, paperback, 2005)
  • Mike Mason; Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion; Pragmatic Bookshelf; ISBN 0-9745140-6-3 (1st edition, paperback, 2005)
  • William Nagel; Subversion Version Control: Using the Subversion Version Control System in Development Projects; Prentice Hall; ISBN 0-13-185518-2 (1st edition, paperback, 2005)

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