Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation. If everything worked, you now have a copy of the repository in your directory.Īpache Subversion (often abbreviated SVN, after its command name svn) is a software versioning and revision control system distributed as open source under the Apache License.
This chapter describes how to install and configure Subversion for version control. Subversion is a version control system that keeps track of changes made to files and folders or directories, thus facilitating data recovery and providing a history of the changes that have been made over time. Once installed, run the command export PATH=/opt/subversion/bin:$PATH to set the proper path. To install the Subversion command line client on a macOS, follow these steps: Download the appropriate macOS binary package for your macOS version (macOS 10.8 is the latest) from Wandisco.