Subversion for Advanced Users Training Course

Subversion Design Philosophy and Advantages

• The typical copy-modify-merge workflow and methods for resolving simple conflicts
• Establishing user policies and guidelines to ensure smooth and consistent team collaboration
• Alternatives to the copy-modify-merge method (e.g., locking and unlocking)

Branching and Merging

• Criteria for creating branches and various use cases
• Effective conflict resolution and merging strategies, including absorbing changes from different directions
• Leveraging newer Subversion features to optimize branching and merging
• Strategies to encourage or discourage local branching by users

Daily Digests and Revision Review

• Utilization of mailing lists, RSS feeds, and digests
• Techniques for blaming and delegation

Subversion Properties

• Built-in properties, SVN-prefixed keywords, and global properties
• Designing and implementing these properties
• Creating custom SVN properties tailored to company needs
• Innovative applications of customized SVN properties
• Understanding the limitations of SVN properties (i.e., avoiding over-engineering by respecting constraints)

Subversion Hooks

• Types of hooks
• General applications of pre-existing hooks
• Developing self-defined hooks
• Encouraging creative and imaginative hook implementations

Secondary SVN Servers

• Use cases for backups and fail-safe recovery
• Executing automatic background tasks
• Temporary arrangements (e.g., managing different locations)

Integration with Other Tools

• Issue tracking systems (e.g., Bugzilla, Track, Jira)
• Content management systems (e.g., Wikis)