Features
- Commits as true atomic operations (interrupted commit operations in CVS would cause repository inconsistency or corruption).
- Renamed/copied/moved/removed files retain full revision history.
- The system maintains versioning for directories, renames, and file metadata (but not for timestamps). Users can move and/or copy entire directory-trees very quickly, while retaining full revision history.
- Versioning of symbolic links.
- Native support for binary files, with space-efficient binary-diff storage.
- Apache HTTP Server as network server, WebDAV/Delta-V for protocol. There is also an independent server process called svnserve that uses a custom protocol over TCP/IP.
- Branching as a cheap operation, independent of file size (though Subversion itself does not distinguish between a branch and a directory)
- Natively client–server, layered library design.
- Client/server protocol sends diffs in both directions.
- Costs proportional to change size, not to data size.
- Parsable output, including XML log output.
- Open source licensed — Apache License in the projected 1.7 release; prior versions use a derivative of the Apache Software License, v1.1
- Internationalized program messages.
- File locking for unmergeable files ("reserved checkouts").
- Path-based authorization.
- Language bindings for C#, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, and Java.
- Full MIME support — users can view or change the MIME type of each file, with the software knowing which MIME types can have their differences from previous versions shown.
- Merge tracking - Merges between branches will be tracked, this allows automatically merging between branches without telling Subversion what (doesn't) need to be merged.
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