Subversion, the new alternative to Concurrent Versions System (CVS) and the open source version control application that intends to replace CVS is covered in this addition to the In Action series. Providing all the benefits and features of CVS, but with many improvements, Subversion includes the ability to perform atomic check-ins, commit version numbers instead of file version numbers, and utilize better administration tools. Subversion users will also find information on the svnadmin and svnlook client interfaces, specific tools for system administrators and configuration managers, and details on advanced topics such as branching and triggers.
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Jeffrey Machols has been a systems administrator, software developer, and configuration manager and has used tools such as Subversion, ClearCase, CVS, RCS, and PVCS. He is a cofounder of the Apache Directory Project, one of the first projects in Apache to adopt Subversion. He is active in Configuration Management user groups, as well as open source communities. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida
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Version control and configuration management is a topic that most software developers know just enough to get by. Branching, tagging releases, merging changes, etc. are all things people rarely feel comfortable with doing, largely because every version control system has different ways of doing these tasks. If you're one of those people (like me) and you happen to be using Subversion, this book should be high up on your shopping list.
Jeffrey Machols does a great job in explaining the fundamental concepts of version control and has injected plenty of tips for how to accommodate configuration management in a software development process. That's something many tool-oriented books have lacked, in my experience. In addition to that, Machols gives the most thorough walkthrough of Subversion tools and features I've seen. File permissions, repository-wide revisions, client commands, administrating the repository, taking backups, setting up authentication, configuring the standalone server process as well as the Apache module, wiring up commit hooks. There's very few things missing from this book and the topics that are covered are covered well!
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