Nathan Kidd wrote:

Toby Johnson wrote:
Kenneth Porter wrote:
The main reason I jumped in is because the terminology can be confusing if you're used to older version control systems. I came from PVCS and when researching CVS a few years ago was completely confused by the different meaning of "check out", so I wanted to be sure to address that.

Yes, it seems that one of the most difficult concepts of Subversion for previous VSS/PVCS users is that not only does checking out *not* lock the repository, but Subversion keeps absolutely no track of who has "checked out" code. Under the copy-modify-merge model, that doesn't matter until it's time to commit your changes. I don't know how many times my boss has come to me and asked "can we get a list of everyone who has checked out this code?" (Well, I suppose I could start grepping the Apache logs, but I'm not gonna open that can of worms!)

I think a "SVN for Former VSS Users" FAQ would be useful. Most answers could just be links to existing content/pages.

Q. How do I convert my repository?

Q. How do I deal with shared files?

Q. How do I "get latest"? I don't want to "checkout"!

Q. If files aren't locked how do we work together?

Q. How do I label?

How do I share a file between directories ?  ;-)

What else did I miss?

-Nathan

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