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Subversion is a free/open-source version control system. That is,
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Subversion manages files and directories over time. A tree of files
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is placed into a central repository. The repository is much like an
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ordinary file server, except that it remembers every change ever made
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to your files and directories. This allows you to recover older versions
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of your data, or examine the history of how your data changed.
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In this regard, many people think of a version control system as a
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sort of time machine.
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Due to known problems with Berkeley db on macppc you can only create
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filesystem (fsfs) based repositories. No problems exist when subversion
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is only used as a client, however.
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Note that you need to install the following subpackages to gain
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the appropriate functionality:
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-perl Perl bindings to Subversion
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-python Python bindings to Subversion
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