Subversion for Advanced Users Training Course

Subversion design philosophy and its advantage

• The typical copy-modify-merge scenario and strategies for resolving simple conflicts
• Establishing user policies and guidelines to ensure smooth and consistent team collaboration
• Alternatives to the copy-modify-merge method, such as lock and unlock mechanisms

Branching and merging

• Timing for branch creation and various practical applications of branches
• Techniques for wisely resolving conflicts and merging, including absorbing changes from different directions
• Leveraging new Subversion features to optimize branching and merging workflows
• Strategies to encourage or discourage users from creating local branches

Everyday digest and revision review

• Utilizing mailing lists, RSS feeds, and digests
• Blaming and delegation techniques

Subversion properties

• Built-in properties, properties using SVN-prefixed keywords, and global properties
• Designing and utilizing these properties effectively
• Customizing SVN properties for your organization
• Creative applications of customized SVN properties
• Limitations of SVN properties (i.e., being mindful of constraints and avoiding over-engineering)

Subversion hooks

• Types of hooks
• General usage of standard hooks
• Creating and implementing custom hooks
• Thinking creatively and imaginatively about hook applications

Secondary SVN server

• Use cases for backup and fail-safe recovery
• Facilitating automatic background tasks
• Temporary arrangements (e.g., different locations, etc.)

Integration with other tools

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