For years CVS has ruled the open source market for software version control but this reign is coming to an end. A new open source version control application has hit the open source world with the goal of becoming a replacement for CVS.

This application is Subversion. Subversion provides all the benefits and features of CVS but has many improvements, such as atomic checkins, commit version numbers instead of file version numbers, better administration tools--and more.

Subversion in Action will teach you how to use Subversion commands and how to tie them back into your software development so you can streamline your overall development and code management process. You can read the book from start to finish and gain knowledge of Subversion and version control in general. Or, if you are more experienced in version control, you can use the section headings to quickly find the answer you are looking for without having to read the book cover to cover.