Articles from November 2009



Where Did That Mergeinfo Come From?

One area of merge tracking that has caused confusion is how svn:mergeinfo properties are set.  In many common use cases only mergeinfo on the merge target is set.  There are however, many scenarios where mergeinfo under the target, so called "subtree mergeinfo", is created or updated.  These situations often leave users wondering if something went wrong during [...]

SubConf 2009 – A Report

SubConf is the annual conference of Subversion (Version Control System) project community. SubConf 2009 is the third such event which was held in Munich, Germany from 27-29th October 2009. Though SubConf is a User Conference wherein subversion users from various parts of the world take part, we do have developer hackathons in which subversion core [...]

Subversion – As Strong As Ever

Yesterday at ApacheCon I witnessed a significant milestone for CollabNet, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) and Subversion. The CollabNet-sponsored Subversion project and The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) announced that the Subversion project has formally submitted itself to the Apache Incubator in order to become part of the Foundation’s efforts. The announcement was greeted with a [...]