Subversion Administration Training Course

Course Summary

The Subversion Administration Training course is designed to demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to effectively use Subversion as a version control system in a production environment.

The course begins with an overview of Subversion (SVN) and its architecture, installation, and the Subversion working cycle. Next, it explores locking, SVN properties, managing versions and branching strategies. The course concludes with lessons on merging, configuration and security.

Purpose

Learn how to use Subversion (SVN) as your version control system.

Audience

Developers and System Administrators needing to setup, configure, and use SVN.

Role

Q/A - Software Developer - System Administrator

Skill Level

Intermediate

Style

Workshops

Duration

2 Days

Related Technologies

System Administration Training

Subversion

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Productivity Objectives:

Describe the underlying architecture of Subversion (SVN)
Identify key terminologies and concepts related to version control systems and SVN
Successfully install and configure a repository
Configure and work with logging and locking
Demonstrate how to synchronize SVN repositories using SVNSync
Define and implement an SVN security policy

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Project-focused demos and labs using your tool stack and environment, not some canned "training room" lab.
Expert Practitioners

Industry experts with 15+ years of industry experience that bring their battle scars into the classroom.
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More coding than lecture, coupled with architectural and design discussions.
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What You'll Learn

In the Subversion Administration Training training course, you'll learn:

Introduction
- What is Subversion?
- What is required for its use?
- Setting up and using Subversion
Architecture
- Overview
- Accessing SVN
- Revisions
- Repositories
Working cycle
- Single person working cycle
- Team working cycle
- Check out/Check in
- Adding/Moving/Deleting files
- Comparing files
- Understanding the logs
- Conflicts
Locking
- Copy-edit-merge model
- Optimistic locking
- Pessimistic locking
Subversion Properties
- Overview of SVN properties
- List properties
- Get properties
- Set properties
- Delete properties
- Special properties
Managing versions
- What is tagging?
- When to use tagging
- Tagging by copy
- What is branching?
- When to use branching
- Creating branches in the repository
- Creating branches in your working copy
- Switching branches
Branching strategies
- Developer branches
- Feature branches
- Platform branches
Merging
- What is merging?
- Merging from a branch
- Reintegrating branches
- Merge tracking
Configuration
- Auto properties
- Global ignores
- Commit times
- Working with applying hooks
- Other configuration
Security
- Upgrade / verify / dump / load / hotcopy
- User administration / access
- Encrypted data transfers