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SubVersion is a replacement for [CVS] which fills in a lot of the limitations of [CVS] such as versioned metadata, and allowing cp and mv of files without problem.

It deals with changes to the directory tree as a whole, rather than CVS's changes to individual files, so that large changes can easily be rolled back.

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My attempts at playing with subversion has been quite fascinating.  The most important thing I learnt, is never try and version control a 1.1 gig binary file.

Subversion is considered quite alphaish at the moment, but I'm really looking forward to it being finished. -- PerryLorier

Subversion has just released version 1.0.0. I recommend you try it out. I've been playing around with it and have found it to be a nice alternative to cvs. :] -- ReedLoden

I use SubVersion every day. The only difference I notice in day-to-day use is that version numbers are repository specific rather than file specific. All the commands are obvious if you've used [CVS] -- StuartYeates.
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For detailed information read [The Definitive Guide to Subversion | http://svnbook.red-bean.com/html-chunk/index.html]. Also see http://subversion.tigris.org/

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