Subversion documentation (was: Error when I ran vss2svn)

[Kenneth Porter]

--On Thursday, December 14, 2006 1:33 AM -0500 Nathan Kidd 
<nathan-svn at spicycrypto.ca> wrote:

> I see Ken has already answered this specific question, but if your
> questions are this basic you'll really benefit by going over the
> TortoiseSVN Daily Use Guide
> http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseSVN_en/tsvn-dug.html
>
> Also since you seem to be involved with the database administration, you
> really should read the administration-related sections of the  SVN Book:
> http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/index.html

Both of these books are excellent. I found the SVN book to be in-depth 
without assuming too much, and a good tutorial without being too "cute and 
noobish" (ie. I didn't get impatient reading it).

You can buy a hardcopy version of the SVN book published by O'Reilly, but 
it's a bit out of date. It's still great for understanding the basics, but 
it doesn't cover the latest features (like locking) and some of the rules 
of thumb may have changed. (Eg. FSFS is the solid choice of filesystem 
implementation for most installations. It was experimental when the 
hardcopy book came out.)

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.