Practical Subversion: A New Book From Apress
Intended as a replacement for CVS, Subversion is quickly gaining attention as a powerful and convenient utility for managing large and small code bases alike. While similar to CVS, Subversion offers many improvements over its predecessor, some of the most important being the ability to version entire trees of metadata, excellent support for binary data, and a simple design for sharing the repository over a network.
In his 1 October 2004 Java Watch column, Allen Holub endorsed Subversion, saying "...I'm impressed by Subversion. It really is a better CVS. If you're still using CVS, I strongly recommend making the switch."
Not intended as a primer on version control, but to ensure that programmers gain a complete understanding of Subversion, Apress has published Practical Subversion, by Garrett Rooney, a Subversion contributor and advocate.
According to the author, "...in this day and age, when powerful open source version control tools are free for all to use, I can't understand how people can stand to use systems that can at best be classified as subpar. I hope that the answer is that they simply don't know any better, and if that is the case, then this book can help."
Highlights of Practical Subversion:
* Extensive discussion of Subversion's array of repository administration features
* Insight into Subversion internals and using the Subversion API's
* Coverage of advanced features such as Subversion's ability to tightly integrate with the Apache Web server
* Thoughtful comparisons of Subversion and other version control systems
To read more about Practical Subversion or Garrett Rooney, or to view a table of contents and sample chapter, please select this title in our online catalog at www.apress.com
Source: press release
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