O'Reilly publishes Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion, 2nd Edition.

Version control is the lifeblood of software projects, but it often becomes complicated and overly difficult in practice. The first edition of "Pragmatic Version Control using Subversion" solved that problem with a pragmatic guide to getting started with version control, including simple recipes for managing day-to-day development tasks using Subversion, a widely-used Open Source version control system.

Time marches on, and the Subversion system has added new features and new functionality. In "Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion, 2nd Ed." (Pragmatic Bookshelf), original author Mike Mason revises the book to include the latest features from Subversion 1.3.

New for the second edition:

• Revised content to reflect all the major changes to Subversion 1.3
  
• New chapter on Subversion's optional file locking to help you manage unmergeable binary files
  
• New sections covering path-based security for both the svnserve and Apache networking servers
  
• New advanced topics chapter covering programmatic access to Subversion and advanced repository management

Readers just starting out with version control will appreciate this book (it covers the basics that they'll need to get their job done. But it's also suitable for people who've been using version control for years, as it contains simple solutions to replace their existing, overly complicated workarounds. Finally it provides a straightforward guide to getting started with the increasingly popular Subversion system: installing, networking and administering a repository.

Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion, 2nd Ed.
Mike Mason
ISBN 0-9776166-5-7, 248 pages, 34.95, 24.99

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