SVN - Basic

Core Concepts The basic concepts of SVN are the topic for this category.

• How SVN operates, what are the main concepts about it's implementation
• Explain how SVN handles head repository, branches and tags
• Explain and understand the main differences between the SVN and CVS
• Explain the protocols and safety issues using SVN
• Explain repository locks and client-server nature of the SVN
• Explain the basic concepts:
  • repository
  • revisions
  • tags
  • branches
  • conflicts
  • merges
  • patches

Day-to-day Operations The basic ideas behind a daily operations for developers.

• Performing checkout of projects
• Committing and updating
• Looking for differences between the local copy and the remote version of a file
• Exporting files
• Using different authorization schemes and their limitations