2.4 Summary

We covered a number of fundamental Subversion concepts in this chapter:

• We introduced the notions of the central repository, the client working copy, and the array of repository revision trees.

• We gave some simple examples of how two collaborators can use Subversion to publish and receive changes from one another, using the copy-modify-merge model.

• We talked a bit about the way Subversion tracks and manages information in a working copy.

At this point, you should have a good idea of how Subversion works in the most general sense. Armed with this knowledge, you should now be ready to jump into the next chapter, which is a detailed tour of Subversion's commands and features.