About the IDE's Subversion Support

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Like CVS, Subversion is a type of version control system that aids developer groups working with shared source files in common repositories by managing file revision history information.

The IDE's Subversion support enables you to manage changes to version-controlled files as you work. In the IDE, you can call Subversion commands on both files and directories in the Projects, Files, Versioning, and Favorites windows. The IDE also provides a graphical Diff Viewer, enabling you to compare file revisions, as well as a History Viewer, allowing you to search a file or folder's history for versions based on specific criteria.

Subversion is an improvement upon CVS in many ways, such as the following:

Subversion Visualization Features

The IDE provides several file status information tools that simplify the process of working with version-controlled files, including:

The IDE's Subversion support is similar in style to the IDE's CVS support. If you are used to using CVS in the IDE, you only need to make minor adjustments to start working with the IDE's Subversion support.

For further documentation on the IDE's Subversion support, see the following resources:

See Also
Working with Subversion
Using Subversion with the IDE
Subversion Tasks: Quick Reference

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