Part 1Getting Started
To use Subversion, you need a server and a client. The server stores files inside a repository and makes the repository available over a network, either a LAN or the Internet. The client talks to the server and creates a working copy of the files from the repository. Users make changes to their files and then commit the changes to the repository where other members of their team can see them.
Subversion can secure network connections using SSL, the same technology used to protect credit card information online, or SSH, the secure shell used to administer Unix machines across the Internet. Subversion can store user credentials ...
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