freebsd man page for svn

svn(1)                                                        General Commands Manual                                                       svn(1)

NAME
       svn - Subversion command line client tool

SYNOPSIS
       svn command [options] [args]

OVERVIEW
       Subversion is a version control system, which allows you to keep old versions of files and directories (usually source code), keep a log of
       who, when, and why changes occurred, etc., like CVS, RCS or SCCS.  Subversion keeps a single copy of the  master  sources.   This  copy  is
       called the source ``repository''; it contains all the information to permit extracting previous versions of those files at any time.

       For more information about the Subversion project, visit http://subversion.tigris.org.

       Documentation for Subversion and its tools, including detailed usage explanations of the svn, svnadmin, svnserve and svnlook programs, his-
       torical background, philosophical approaches and reasonings, etc., can be found at http://svnbook.red-bean.com/.

       Run `svn help' to access the built-in tool documentation.

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