SVNref Series

SVNref: Free Cheat Sheets for Subversion Developers & Administrators

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WANdisco SVNref Series: Hidden Subversion

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SVNref Hidden Subversion covers powerful, but relatively unknown and seldom used Subversion features that enable users to:

  • Determine where a branch came from.
  • Find out which branch a working copy belongs to.
  • Revert a misapplied commit.
  • Take advantage of svn:externals.
  • Perform pattern matching in ignore lists.
  • Selectively update a repository.
  • Make log messages more useful with the tsvn:logsummary property.

WANdisco SVNref Series: Introduction to Branching and Merging

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A quick reference guide to branching and merging that covers topics such as:

  • What is a branch?
  • Different types of branches
  • Merging branches
  • Resolving merge conflicts

WANdisco SVNref Series: Advanced Branching and Merging

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A quick reference guide to advanced branching and merging that covers topics such as:

  • Merge types - Reintegrating a branch, merging a range of revisions, merging two different trees.
  • Meaning of merge messages.
  • Usage of svn:mergeinfo.
  • Analyzing branches using revision graphs.
  • Enforcing branching standards.

WANdisco SVNref Series: Administration Best Practices

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A quick reference guide to administration best practices that covers topics such as:

  • Setting policies and procedures.
  • Training options.
  • Repository organization.
  • Backup and recovery issues.
  • Use of hook scripts to control standards adherence.

WANdisco SVNref Series: Advanced Administration

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A quick reference guide to advanced Subversion administration covers topics such as:

  • Relating policies and procedures to Subversion capabilities.
  • Setting properties to assist users.
  • Hook scripts used for control and reporting.
  • Key information to use when managing a Subversion project.
  • Backup and recovery issues.

WANdisco SVNref Series: Getting Started with Subversion

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This course is aimed at developers who are new to Subversion.

Topics Covered:

  • Repository basics - creating and organizing.
  • Checkouts, working folders, editing files and checkins.
  • Reporting on changes.
  • Simple branching.
  • Simple merging.

WANdisco SVNref Series: All About Checkouts

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A quick reference guide on how to make full use of the checkout command and understand the messages it generates under different scenarios

WANdisco SVNref Series: All About the Subversion Commit Command

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A quick reference guide to the Subversion Commit Command that covers topics such as:

  • Commit dialog options
  • Files or folders
  • Unversioned files
  • Ignored files
  • Drag and drop
  • Changelists
  • Common problems and how to avoid them

WANdisco SVNref Series: Subversion Properties

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A quick reference guide to Subversion Properties that covers topics such as:

  • What types of properties exist
  • Creating and populating properties
  • Using properties for information
  • Using properties for control
  • Hook scripts and properties