Version Control with Subversion: Next Generation Open Source Version Control

C. Michael Pilato (Mike) is a core Subversion developer, and a leader in the Subversion community. He is currently employed by CollabNet, where he spends his days (and many nights) improving Subversion and other tools with which it integrates. A husband and father, this North Carolina native also enjoys composing and performing music, freelance graphic design work, hiking, and spending quality time with his family. Mike has a degree in computer science and mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Ben Collins-Sussman, one of the founding developers of the Subversion version control system, led Google's Project Hosting team and now manages the engineering team for the Google Affiliate Network. He cofounded Google's engineering office in Chicago and ported Subversion to Google's Bigtable platform. Ben coauthored Version Control with Subversion, and contributed chapters to Unix in a Nutshell and Linux in a Nutshell. Brian Fitzpatrick leads Google's Data Liberation Front and Transparency Engineering teams and has previously led Google's Project Hosting and Google Affiliate Network teams. He cofounded Google's Chicago engineering office and serves as both thought leader and internal advisor for Google's open data efforts. Foreword; Preface; What Is Subversion?; Audience; How to Read This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Organization of This Book; This Book Is Free; Using Code Examples; Safari Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Fundamental Concepts; 1.1 The Repository; 1.2 Versioning Models; 1.3 Subversion in Action; 1.4 Summary; Chapter 2: Basic Usage; 2.1 Help!; 2.2 Getting Data into Your Repository; 2.3 Initial Checkout; 2.4 Basic Work Cycle; 2.5 Examining History; 2.6 Sometimes You Just Need to Clean Up; 2.7 Summary; Chapter 3: Advanced Topics; 3.1 Revision Specifiers; 3.2 Properties; 3.3 File Portability; 3.4 Ignoring Unversioned Items; 3.5 Keyword Substitution; 3.6 Sparse Directories; 3.7 Locking; 3.8 Externals Definitions; 3.9 Peg and Operative Revisions; 3.10 Changelists; 3.11 Network Model; 3.12 Summary; Chapter 4: Branching and Merging; 4.1 What's a Branch?; 4.2 Using Branches; 4.3 Basic Merging; 4.4 Advanced Merging; 4.5 Traversing Branches; 4.6 Tags; 4.7 Branch Maintenance; 4.8 Common Branching Patterns; 4.9 Vendor Branches; 4.10 Summary; Chapter 5: Repository Administration; 5.1 The Subversion Repository, Defined; 5.2 Strategies for Repository Deployment; 5.3 Creating and Configuring Your Repository; 5.4 Repository Maintenance; 5.5 Moving and Removing Repositories; 5.6 Summary; Chapter 6: Server Configuration; 6.1 Overview; 6.2 Choosing a Server Configuration; 6.3 svnserve, a Custom Server; 6.4 httpd, the Apache HTTP Server; 6.5 Path-Based Authorization; 6.6 Supporting Multiple Repository Access Methods; Chapter 7: Customizing Your Subversion Experience; 7.1 Runtime Configuration Area; 7.2 Localization; 7.3 Using External Editors; 7.4 Using External Differencing and Merge Tools; 7.5 Summary; Chapter 8: Embedding Subversion; 8.1 Layered Library Design; 8.2 Inside the Working Copy Administration Area; 8.3 Using the APIs; 8.4 Summary; Chapter 9: Subversion Complete Reference; 9.1 The Subversion Command-Line Client: svn; 9.2 svnadmin; 9.3 svnlook; 9.4 svnsync; 9.5 svnserve; 9.6 svndumpfilter; 9.7 svnversion; 9.8 mod_dav_svn Configuration Directives; 9.9 mod_authz_svn; 9.10 Subversion Properties; 9.11 Repository Hooks; Subversion Quick-Start Guide; Installing Subversion; High-Speed Tutorial; Subversion for CVS Users; Revision Numbers Are Different Now; Directory Versions; More Disconnected Operations; Distinction Between Status and Update; Branches and Tags; Metadata Properties; Conflict Resolution; Binary Files and Translation; Versioned Modules; Authentication; Converting a Repository from CVS to Subversion; WebDAV and Autoversioning; What Is WebDAV?; Autoversioning; Client Interoperability; Copyright; Creative Commons Legal Code; Colophon;