Subversion - Fundamentals - Part 1

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Subversion Fundamentals

This course describes the basic concepts of Subversion (both command line and tortoise) and helps users of all skill levels to quickly become confident Subversion users. This training course is split into multiple sessions, the module descriptions below reflect the content of the entire course and will not all be delivered within this session

Subversion Fundamentals Public Training Course Outline

SV-W-AC-00 – Introduction to SCM

• To demonstrate the principles of Software Configuration Management
• To understand the benefits of strong SCM practices
• To identify the symptoms of weak SCM practices

SV-W-AC-01 – Introduction to Subversion

• What is Subversion?
• About repositories
• About clients
• Important concepts
• Browsing repositories
• Checking out a project
• A developers work cycle

SV-W-AL-01 Lab

• Introduction to laboratory environment

SV-W-AC-02 – Making changes in the WC Part 1

• Status of the Working Copy
• The Log Viewer
• Adding elements
• Renaming and moving elements
• Modifying/reviewing elements

SV-W-AL-02 Lab

• Exploring differences between two working copies

SV-W-AC-03 – Making changes in the WC Part 2

• Updating from a repository
• Changelists
• Committing modifications
• Conflict resolution
• Working copy locks and clean up

SV-W-AL-03 Lab

• Using update and commit and exploring their behaviours

SV-W-AC-04 – Basic Branching and Tagging

• Why do we use branches and tags?
• When to create a branches and tags?
• What to do with redundant branches?
• How to organise and name branches and tags
• How to create branches and tags
• Tagging a working copy

SV-W-AL-04 Lab

• Creating a branch and exploring it with the repository browser

SV-W-AC-05 – Switching

• What is switching?
• Why would you switch?
• How do you perform a switch?
• What happens when you switch?
• Multiple switches and tagging

SV-W-AL-05 Lab

• Switching between branches and observing the effects

SV-W-AC-06 – Merging

• What is merging?
• How does merging work?
• The Subversion merging algorithm
• Merge tracking

SV-W-AL-06 Lab